None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to determine the impact of a home based exercise program on cancer related fatigue in patients receiving radical radiotherapy for the treatment of breast cancer. Who is it for? You may be eligible to join this study if you are a woman with breast cancer who has been prescribed radical radiotherapy treatment for 3-6 weeks. Trial details. Participants in this trial will be randomly (by chance) allocated to one of two groups. One group will receive a home based exercise program which involves resistance (e.g. movements performed against resistance), aerobic (e.g. walking, jogging, cycling) and flexibility (e.g. stretching) exercises performed for a 9-12 week period during and after radiotherapy. The other group will be assigned to usual care (e.g. no treatment) for a 9-12 week period during and after radiotherapy. Participants will complete questionnaires assessing fatigue, quality of life, physical activity levels and physical activity motivation on 4 occasions (before starting radiotherapy, after finishing radiotherapy, 6 weeks after finishing radiotherapy and 6 months after finishing radiotherapy).
Interventions
Exercise Group:
The 9-12 week, home based exercise intervention will involve the prescription of a combination of aerobic (e.g. walking, cycling etc.), resistance (e.g. upper and lower body resistance based exercises) and flexibility exercises (e.g. stretching). The duration of exercise sessions and number of exercise sessions per week will be individually determined with the goal of achieving 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise and 2-3 resistance exercise sessions per week. The e
Exercise Group: The 9-12 week, home based exercise intervention will involve the prescription of a combination of aerobic (e.g. walking, cycling etc.), resistance (e.g. upper and lower body resistance based exercises) and flexibility exercises (e.g. stretching). The duration of exercise sessions and number of exercise sessions per week will be individually determined with the goal of achieving 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic exercise and 2-3 resistance exercise sessions per week. The exercise program will be relative to the level of fitness and fatigue each patient presents with and individualised to their age, personal preferences and any pre-existing conditions. This will be determined during a consultation with an exercise physiologist before the start of the intervention. Participants will continue their usual medical care for breast cancer for the duration of the intervention.
Sponsors
Edith Cowan University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1) A histological diagnosis of breast cancer 2) Prescribed radical radiotherapy treatment for 3-6 weeks.
Exclusion criteria
1) Bone metastatic disease 2) Any cardiovascular, musculoskeletal or neurological condition that could inhibit them from exercising or put them at risk during exercise 3) Difficulties reading and/or understanding English.
Outcome results
None listed