Physical Exercise Benefits for Cancer Patients

Sports Physical Therapy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physical Exercise Benefits in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Treatment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06275321
• Other study ID #: Elena Garcia Roca
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 5, 2021
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Universitat Jaume I
• Contact: M. Elena Garcia-Roca, MSc
• Phone: +34 629112367
• Email: garciroc[@]uji.es
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study was to analyze the effect of a synchronous-supervised online home-based group during a 6-month exercise program on physical fitness, body composition and adherence compared to an exercise recommendation group of patients undergoing breast cancer treatment without supervision.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: July 27, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years old or older

• Diagnosted with breast cancer

• Undergoing cancer treatment

• No medical contraindications

Exclusion Criteria:

• Medical contraindications for sport practice

• Refusal to participate in the study

• Comorbilities

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Neoplasms
• Cancer, Breast
• Sports Physical Therapy

Intervention

Other:
• Synchronous-supervised online home-based group
An online exercise program combining endurance and strength training
• Exercise recommendation group
General recommendation about physical exercise. No supervised

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Jaume I University	Castellón De La Plana	Castellón

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitat Jaume I

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cardiorrespiratory fitness	6 minutes walking test was performed in a 50 meter circuit. Meters completed during 6 minutes were recorded.	24 weeks
Primary	Strength - Chair Stand (repetitions)	Chair stand test was performed. Number of repetitions performed during 30 seconds was recorded.	24 weeks
Primary	Flexibility	Sit and Reach (centimeters): sitted and with stretched legs, the patient has to move a piece of wood on a bench. The centimeters moved by the patients are recorded	24 weeks
Primary	Incidence of treatments on quality of live assessed by EORTIC QLQ-C30	QLQ-C30 questionnaire with 30 items was used to record the quality of life of the patients. Each item has a scale from 1 to 4, being 1 the lowest and 4 the highest outcome.	24 weeks
Primary	Adherence	Minutes on each training session were recorded to control the adherence.	24 weeks
Primary	Rating of perceived exertion	A Borg Scale (1-10) was used to control the intensity of the sessions, being 1 the lowest intensity and 10 the highest intensity.	24 weeks
Primary	Strength - Hand Grip (Kilograms)	Hand Grip (kilograms): a dynamometer (Grip Strength Dynamometer, Takker TKK, Tokio, Japón) was used to record hand grip.	24 weeks
Primary	Strength - Squat Jump (height in centimeters)	Squat Jump (centimeters): a contact platform (Chronojump Boscosystem, Barcelona, Spain) was used to record the height of the jump in centimeters.	24 weeks