NCT01113554

Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program in Improving Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program in Survivors of Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: A breast cancer rehabilitation program and exercise therapy may help improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies a breast cancer rehabilitation program in improving quality of life in breast cancer survivors.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate accrual, retention, adherence, and participation of breast cancer survivors to a breast cancer rehabilitation program. II. To estimate the variability of weight, six-minute walk, quality of life and other psychosocial and physical measures in women participating in the BCRP. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess changes in the anthropometric, psychosocial, and physical outcomes over the six-month period of the BCRP. II. To document the types and the rates of adverse events associated with the BCRP. OUTLINE: Patients attend exercise therapy sessions over 1 hour 3 times a week for 6 months. Exercise therapy sessions are comprised of a 10 minute warm-up of light stretching and aerobic type exercise (walking, cycling), 30 minutes of endurance type exercise (cycle, walking), and 20 minutes of resistance training exercise.

Conditions

• Stage I Breast Cancer
• Stage II Breast Cancer
• Stage IIIA Breast Cancer
• Stage IIIB Breast Cancer
• Stage IIIC Breast Cancer
• Stage IV Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	questionnaire administration
BEHAVIORAL	exercise intervention
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment
OTHER	survey administration
PROCEDURE	management of therapy complications
PROCEDURE	psychosocial assessment and care

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2010-04-30
• Last updated: 2018-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States