Exergaming Intervention and Breast Cancer Biomarkers in Black Women

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Obesity

In brief

Overview: This is a 6 month, two-arm randomized clinical trial using comparing exergaming to a control group. The investigators will randomize Black sedentary overweight/obese women to Wii Fit exercise (n=50) or the control arm (n=50). Women in the Wii Fit exercise group will come to the Georgetown community-based exercise facility 3 days/wk. The control group will be asked to maintain their current daily activities and not to exercise for the duration of the study. Based on the investigators previous findings that women who engage in 75-150 mins/wk of brisk walking had an 18% decreased risk of breast cancer, the investigators will target this level of activity in the investigators intervention arm. Also, this 150 min/week of physical activity meets the current recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the US Department of Health and Human Services for healthy individuals and is in line with recommendation of the American Cancer Society (ACS) for cancer prevention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02152462

Run by

Georgetown University

People needed

150

Starts

2012-12-01

Expected to finish

2019-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-10

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 59. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Black women
• BMI ≥28 kg/m2 but ≤ 350 pounds of body weight
• Aged 40-59 years
• Sedentary (<60 min/wk exercise for past 6 months
• Never been diagnosed with cancer
• Ability to read and speak English and to provide meaningful consent
• No physical limitations preventing them from exercising
• Medical clearance by a health practitioner.

You may not qualify if…

• History of cancer
• Uncontrolled hypertension and medically treated diabetes
• Current enrollment in another physical activity and/or dietary study or a diet/weight loss program
• Pregnancy
• Inability to consent to study participation and complete assessments
• Telephone inaccessibility
• Physical limitations to exercise inability to commit to the intervention schedule

Where it is running

• Georgetown Lombardi Office of Minority Health & Health Disparities Research — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

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