NCT05258526

Home Based Exercise for Patients With Breast or Prostate Cancer (The BENEFIT-CA Study)

Home Based Exercise for Patients With Breast or Prostate Cancer During Treatment: a Feasibility Trial (The BENEFIT-CA Study)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the feasibility of a home based exercise program for individuals with breast or prostate cancer patients undergoing active treatment.

Detailed description

This feasibility trial aims to assess a home-based exercise program, including a 3-month intervention of structured physical activity and health education for individuals with breast or prostate cancer. The main objective of this trial is to assess the adherence of cancer patients to a program of structured exercise, mixed with a health education approach, implemented and accompanied in a remote approach. The data collection will include variables related to: (a) recruitment and retentions rates; (b) attendance to exercise sessions; (c) fatigue and quality of life levels; (d) functional capacity levels; (e) adverse events related or not to the study; (f) patient selected outcomes.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Prostate Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Home based exercise training	The intervention will be based on a remote approach, lasting 12 weeks. The training routine will consist of aerobic (walking), muscle strengthening and stretching exercises, with a frequency of three days per week. The contents related to the exercise prescription will be made available by phone call, text messages and short videos for exercise demonstration.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-07
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2022-02-28
• Last updated: 2022-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil