Exercise Training in Postmenopausal Patients With Breast Cancer

Randomized Trial of Exercise Training in Postmenopausal Patients With Hormone-receptor Positive Breast Cancer Undergoing Treatment With Aromatase Inhibitors

This randomized trial aims to assess if a well defined subgroup of breast cancer patients benefit from a controlled physical activity program.

All patients will be screened for their physical ability to complete the interventional exercise program. Only patients capable and willing to take part in this study and meeting all inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized.

All patients are to receive identical counseling for ideal nutritional, life-style and physical activity.

Patients randomized to Arm 2 will additionally undergo a controlled and observed program of physical activity for a period of 6 months. Thereafter the patients are expected to adhere to a comparable, unobserved exercise program at home.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

80

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Salzburg, Austria, 5020
        • Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin III mit Hämatologie, internistischer Onkologie, Infektologie, Rheumatologie und Onkologisches Zentrum

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent
  • Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer (as defined by HR >= ++ and/or PR >= ++) who are treated with aromatase inhibitors
  • ECOG performance status <= 2
  • all age groups

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pathologic ergometry
  • Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
  • Uncontrolled hypertension
  • COPD > II
  • Active opportunistic infection
  • NYHA heart failure III or IV

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Counseling
Patients are to receive identical counseling for ideal nutritional, lifestyle, physical activity.
Nutritional, lifestyle and sports counseling
Experimental: Controlled physical activity

All patients are to receive identical counseling for ideal nutritional, lifestyle, physical activity.

Patients randomized to Arm 2 will additionally undergo a controlled and observed program of physical activity for a period of 6 months. Thereafter the patients are expected to adhere to a comparable, unobserved exercise program at home.

counseling and controlled physical activity

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Individual maximum power output in watt (Pmax) on a bicycle ergometer after 6 months of controlled or unobserved physical activity.
Time Frame: after 6 months
after 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Determination of feasibility of achieving 12 MET/week (metabolic units) on an outpatient basis
Time Frame: after 6 and 12 months
after 6 and 12 months
Evaluation of the influence of controlled/observed physical activity versus lifestyle counseling only on Fitness level, Quality of Life, rate of infections, weight, body mass index BMI, Body fat percentage
Time Frame: after 6 and 12 months
after 6 and 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Collaborators

Investigators

  • Study Director: Richard Greil, Prof.Dr., Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentoese Tumortherapie

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2011

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 28, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 28, 2011

First Posted (Estimate)

June 29, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

June 4, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 3, 2015

Last Verified

June 1, 2015

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • AGMT_BC_Sports

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