NCT03656731

Exercise in Older Women With Breast Cancer During Systemic Therapy

Exercise in Older Women With Breast Cancer During Systemic Therapy - a Randomized Controlled Trial (Breast Cancer Exercise Study)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Herlev and Gentofte Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

BREACE is a prospective randomized controlled trial. The aim is to investigate the effect of an exercise-based intervention among older participants with breast cancer treated with adjuvant or first-line systemic therapy. The hypotheses: That the intervention will maintain or increase physical function levels, reduce symptoms and side effects, improve quality of life and psychological wellbeing, and prevent weight loss and muscle wasting

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Breast cancer exercise intervention	The exercise-based intervention is comprised of: 1. Supervised and group-based exercise training at the hospital setting two times a week. Each session will last approximately 60 minutes.The program consists of warm-up, exercises for balance and flexibility, progressive resistance training (seven resistance training exercises targeting the large muscle groups), and stretching and relaxation. 2. Home-based walking with activity tracker assessment. Evaluation and goal-setting in relation to activity (step counts) will be conducted once weekly. 3. Serving of a protein supplement (protein drink or bar) after each supervised training session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-15
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2024-09-30
• First posted: 2018-09-04
• Last updated: 2024-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark