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Walking Meditation Exercise in Breast Cancer Patients

Effects of Walking Meditation on Vascular Function in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Anthracyclines Chemotherapy

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02676531
Enrollment
30
Registered
2016-02-08
Start date
2015-11-30
Completion date
2017-12-31
Last updated
2018-04-10

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Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Walking Meditation, Vascular Function, Flow-mediated dilatation, Breast Cancer Patients, Anthracyclines Chemotherapy

Brief summary

This study is to evaluate the effects of Walking Meditation on vascular function in breast cancer patients receiving Anthracyclines chemotherapy

Detailed description

Walking Meditation program will be based on aerobic walking exercise combined with Buddhist meditation. The subjects will perform walking while listening to the sound Budd and Dha and squeeze rubber balls according to the sound in order to practice mindfulness while walking. In phase 1 (week 1-6), Walking Meditation will be conducted at initial moderate intensity (41-50% heart rate reserve) 3 sets, 10 minutes per set and rest 3 minutes between set In phase 2 (week 7-12), the training intensity will be increased to ultimate moderate intensity (51-60% heart rate reserve) 3 sets, 15 minutes per set and rest 3 minutes between set. In both phases of the training, the frequency of Walking Meditation training is three times a week.

Interventions

OTHERExercise

Walking meditation exercise program

Sponsors

Chulalongkorn University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
35 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. The inclusion criteria included stage 1-2 of Breast cancer patients after an operation with or without Hormone Receptor Positive and HER2 Positive. 2. All participants will be planned to use Anthracyclines chemotherapy in next 1 month by oncologist. 3. All participants did not participate in any exercise training in the past 6 months 4. All participants are free from acute or chronic renal failure, Heart Failure, Myasthenia gravis, pregnancy and history of smoke.

Exclusion criteria

1\. Participants will be excluded if they dropped out or completed less than 80% of the training schedule.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline in vascular reactivitybaseline, up to 12 weeksVascular reactivity or brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) will be assessed with the ultrasound equipment (CX50, Philips, USA), using the blood occlusion technique on the forearm. The brachial artery will be illustrated above the antecubital fossa in the longitudinal plane. Brachial FMD will be measured at resting and the cuff placed around the forearm will be inflated to 50 mmHg above systolic blood pressure for 5 minutes and then deflated for 5 minutes of recovery. FMD will be calculated from the formula FMD= (D2-D1) x100/D1 when D1 is the brachial artery diameter at baseline, D2 is the maximal post-occlusion brachial artery diameter.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline in Peripheral arterial stiffnessbaseline, up to 12 weeksPulse wave velocity (brachial-ankle PWV) measurement will be assessed by using Omron Colin VP1000.
Change from baseline in venous blood flowbaseline, up to 12 weeksVenous blood flow will be assessed with the ultrasound equipment (CX50, Philips, USA). The Basilic vain will be illustrated in the longitudinal plane. Venous blood flow will be measured at resting and squeezing hand for 3 minutes and 5 minutes of recovery. Venous blood flow will be calculated from the formula CSA x V when CSA is the cross sectional area of Basilic vain, V is the velocity in vessel.
Change from baseline in blood chemistrybaseline, up to 12 weeks1. Nitric oxide (NO) will be measured in serum samples with the commercial assay kit. 2. Malondialdehyde (MDA) will be determined in plasma samples using the High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). 3. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) will be measured in serum samples with the ELISA kit. 4. hs-CRP will be measured in serum samples with the ELISA kit.
Change from baseline in Intima-Media Thickness: IMTbaseline, up to 12 weeksIntima-Media Thickness will be assessed with the ultrasound equipment (CX50, Philips, USA).
Change from baseline in Cardiac output and stroke volumebaseline, up to 12 weeksCardiac output and stroke volume will be measured by using Physioflow (PF07 enduro).
Change from baseline in Body Mass Index (BMI)baseline, up to 12 weeksBody Mass Index (BMI) will be measured using Body Composition Analyzer (Model ioi 353, Jawon Medical Co. Ltd., Korea). BMI will be calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres squared. Unit of BMI is kg/m2.
Change from baseline in stress indicatorsbaseline, up to 12 weeksSerum cortisol will be measured with cortisol kit.
Change from baseline in Maximal oxygen consumptionbaseline, up to 12 weeksMaximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) will be assessed by Bruce Ramp Protocol for treadmill test with Stationary Gas Analyzer (Vmax™ Encore 29 system, Yorba Linda, CA).

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026