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Exercise program for breast cancer

Not Applicable
Conditions
Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
Breast cancer
Cancer - Breast
Registration Number
ACTRN12623000973617
Lead Sponsor
Westmead Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria

Early-stage breast cancer patients will be eligible to participate if they are 18 years and over of age, receiving treatment for breast cancer at Westmead Hospital, able to participate in exercise sessions, able to provide consent, and have sufficient command of the English language or access to a health care interpreter to be able to complete questionnaire data.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they: (1) have an absolute contraindication to physical activity as determined by their treating medical team; (2) are unable to commit to participating in the exercise program; (3) have significant cognitive impairment.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Quality of life measured by Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Breast (FACT-B)[Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months post-commencement of intervention]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acceptability measured by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)[3 months post-commencement of intervention];Feasibility as measured by the Feasibility of Intervention measure (FIM)[3 months post-commencement of intervention];Appropriateness of intervention as measured by the Intervention appropriateness measure (IAM)[3 months post-commencement of intervention]
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