Body Weight Changes, Breast Cancer, Nutrition Related Cancer, Weight Loss
Conditions
Brief summary
To evaluate a nutritional intervention for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer on a weight control and physical activity program.
Detailed description
56 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer from the Department of Medical Oncology of La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. A nutritional and physical activity intervention program that consisted of two individual nutritional consults and five nutritional group lectures was conducted by physicians of the Nutrition Unit during one year.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALControl group
A nutritional intervention program that consisted of two individual nutritional consults.
BEHAVIORALNutrition and physical activity group
A nutritional and physical activity intervention program that consisted of two individual nutritional consults and five nutritional group lectures.
Sponsors
Instituto de Investigación Hospital Universitario La Paz
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Years: ≥18 * Sex: Female * Newly diagnosed breast cáncer
Exclusion criteria
* Patients who have disseminated disease. * Associated eating behavior disorders. * Patients with dementia, mental illness or decreased cognitive function. * Consumption of drugs or substances to lose weight (except in those cases in which it is suspended 15 days before starting the study). * Presence of disease that may interfere with weight loss: severe psychiatric illness, uncontrolled hypothyroidism. * Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| To evaluate a nutritional intervention for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer 9 weight control and physical activity program. | Six months | To examine the frequency of food consumption |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed