Enhancing health after surgery for breast cancer

Multidimensional exercise to mitigate the effects of adjuvant therapy following surgery for breast cancer

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12606000047594

Enrollment

150

Registered

2006-02-01

Start date

2006-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This program intends to compare the effectiveness of two health programs (one an intervention program, one an active control) for enhancing the quality of life of women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer in the 6 months following surgery.

Interventions

Strength, balance and endurance exercise program. Both programs are home self management programs to be completed over a 6 month period.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Breast cancer surgery- undertaking adjuvant therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Severe cardiac disease- Uncontrolled hypertension- Orthopaedic contraindications to exercise.

Outcome results