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Soy-Based Meal Replacement in Helping Women With Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Breast Cancer in Complete Remission Lose Weight

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Obesity
Breast Cancer
Registration Number
NCT00343434
Lead Sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Brief Summary

RATIONALE: A diet using a soy-based meal replacement may help survivors of breast cancer lose weight and improve their quality of life.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a soy-based meal replacement works in helping women with stage I, stage II, or stage III breast cancer in complete remission lose weight.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the ability to recruit survivors of estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor (ER/PR)-negative stage I-III breast cancer to participate in a 3-month, soy-based, meal-replacement (Almased®) weight loss intervention.

* Assess the patient's ability to adhere to this intervention protocol.

* Measure changes in anthropometrics (body weight, bioelectrical impedance, waist circumference) and biomarkers (serum levels of glucose, insulin, highly specific C-reactive protein, insulin-like growth factor, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3, lipids).

* Measure changes in health-related quality of life.

OUTLINE: This is a prospective, longitudinal, pilot study.

Patients undergo goal-oriented, cognitive-behavioral therapy comprising group counseling weekly for 3 weeks and individual counseling once a month. Weight loss interventions include behavioral techniques, dietary modification (using a portion-controlled diet and soy-based meal-replacement \[Almased®\] once or twice daily), physical activity (≥ 15 minutes per day, 6 days a week), and social support. Weight loss is monitored weekly and patients complete daily logs of dietary intake and physical activity. Therapy continues for 12 weeks.

Health-related quality of life is assessed at baseline and then weekly for 12 weeks.

Patients undergo blood draws at baseline and at 12 weeks for analysis of C-reactive protein, glucose, insulin, insulin-like growth factor (ILGF), and ILGF-binding protein-3.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 25 patients will be accrued for this study.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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