A physical activity program for women living with metastatic breast cancer

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cancer - Breast; Metastatic breast cancer; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618002019280
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2014-04-01
• Study Start: 2018-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 14 January 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 14

Inclusion Criteria

i. stage IV breast cancer
ii. living in the community
iii. mentally competent to follow instructions
iv. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0-3
v. oncologist-expected survival of at least 4 months

Exclusion Criteria

i. individuals participating in regular physical activity, determined as high” activity by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
ii. inability to communicate in English
iii. experiencing pain or other neuromuscular or musculoskeletal symptoms that limit physical activity.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recruitment rate determined by the percentage of eligible patients who enrolled[Last patient first visit];Retention calculated as the percentage of participants who completed the final study visit (16 weeks after commencing the intervention)[Last patient last visit];Adherence calculated by the number of attended sessions divided by the number of expected sessions[Last patient last visit]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue assessed using FACIT-Fatigue[Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Quality of Life assessed using EORTC-QLQ C30[Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Cardiovascular fitness assessed using Modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) [Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Lower limb strength assessed using back-leg dynamometry[Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Upper strength assessed using hand dynamometry[Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Physical activity assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire [Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention];Daily physical activity energy expenditure assessed using ActiHeart[Baseline, 8 weeks and 16 weeks after the commencement of intervention]