Exercise for Breast Cancer Patients (EXCAP)

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Conditions studied: Fatigue

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine if exercise helps improve cancer-related fatigue. Hypothesis: A structured home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program will be efficacious in relieving cancer-related fatigue, preventing aerobic and anaerobic deconditioning and skeletal muscle wasting, as well as improving inflammatory cytokine profiles in breast cancer survivors as well as those receiving radiation treatment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00851812

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

114

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2020-01-15

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-17

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Have a primary diagnosis of breast cancer,
• Have a functional capacity rating of 60 or greater on the Karnofsky Performance Scale, when assessed by the oncologist (or physician's designee)
• Be breast cancer survivor(e.g., surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy). Have a life expectancy of >1 year as determined by the patient's oncologist.
• Have the approval of their treating physician, study physician(or physician's designee) to participate in sub-maximal physiological fitness testing and a low to moderate home-based walking and progressive resistance exercise program.
• Be able to read English.
• Be 21 years of age or older.
• Give informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• Have bone metastases that preclude participation in an exercise program either due to symptoms such as pain or location of bone metastasis.
• Have physical limitations (i.e. cardiorespiratory, orthopedic, central nervous system) that contraindicate participation in sub-maximal physiological fitness testing, or a low to moderate home-based walking and progressive resistance program, as assessed by the PAR-Q and radiation oncologist (or physician's designee)
• Be identified as in the Active or Maintenance Stage of exercise behavior as assessed by the 1-item Exercise Stages of Change Short Form.

Where it is running

• James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester — Rochester, New York, United States

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