NCT05193149

Inspiratory Muscle Training in Obese Breast Cancer Survivors

Reducing Exercise Intolerance Through Inspiratory Muscle Training in Obese Breast Cancer

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 78 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of inspiratory muscle training in improving exercise tolerance among stage 0-III obese breast cancer survivors.

Detailed description

Randomized controlled trial (RCT) where obese participants (N=133) are randomized to 2 arms: \[i\] IMT 4 wks + Exercise 12 wks, \[ii\] SHAM 4 wks + Exercise 12 wks).

Conditions

• Cancer Survivors
• Obesity
• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Inspiratory muscle training	Training of respiratory muscles
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise training	Supervised aerobic exercise intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-13
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2022-01-14
• Last updated: 2026-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States