Feasibility Study of the Addition of a Personal Trainer to the Post-Treatment Regimen of Breast Cancer Survivors

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose is to examine the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of the role of a personal trainer for non-metastatic breast cancer survivors to improve physical activity and well-being (in terms of quality of life).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02770781

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

68

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-07-11

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Female
• Post active breast cancer therapy (e.g. surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy), but may still be undergoing maintenance cancer therapy.
• Free of macro-metastatic disease
• Sedentary pre-cancer diagnosis: Those individuals not participating in a regular exercise program or not meeting the minimal physical activity recommendations from the General Surgeon which is accumulating 30 minutes or more of moderate physical activity on most days of the week
• Ability to provide informed consent
• Ability to provide a written physician's clearance
• Patients must be new to the Survivorship Clinic (within first 12 months).

You may not qualify if…

• Medical conditions that would preclude participation in a weight-training program.
• Those who plan on relocating outside the Greater Pittsburgh Area in the next 3 months of intervention.

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh, Department of Medicine. — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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