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Preventing Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Using PRESIONA Exercise Program

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Breast Neoplasm
Interventions
Other: PRESIONA
Registration Number
NCT04652609
Lead Sponsor
Universidad de Granada
Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determinate if therapeutic exercise with blood flow restriction (BFR) during neoadjuvant chemotherapy potentialy neurotoxic could prevent the onset of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) comparing to usual care.

Detailed Description

CIPN is a side effect of cancer therapies that nowadays has no solution, so our intention is to carry out a preventive therapy against the onset of CIPN. The nature of the studies that try to prevent is very diverse, but one of the wide tools is therapeutic exercise. In this case we intend to combine therapeutic exercise with BFR to obtain a pre-conditioning effect that protects intraepidermal fibers from exposure to the chemotherapy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18 years or older
  • HER2+ breast cancer diagnosis
  • On the waiting list to anticancer medical treatment (taxanes-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Previous diagnosis of cancer
  • Pregnant
  • Cardiac pathology
  • No symptoms or pathology that could be confused with neuropathy or related to diabetes
  • No recommendation from oncologist for therapeutic exercise practice

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PRESIONAPRESIONAAn adapted therapeutic exercise program using blood flow restriction cuff perfomed during chemotherapy treatment. 24-36 sessions of 1 hour multimodal components: aerobic, strength and fascial release exercises. Frequency will be adapted to the recovery status of each patient.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Patient-reported CIPN symptomsChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

Symptoms across to sensory, motor and automic domains will be measured using the questionnarie the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-CIPN twenty-item scale. The total questionnaire has a score from 0 to 100, in which a higher score indicates increased symptom burden.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
CIPN severityChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by clinical version of The Total Neuropathy Score. Each item is scored from 0 to 4, with the total score ranging from 0 to 24 points; a higher score indicates greater neuropathy severity.

Mood AssessmentChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by Scale for Mood Assessment. The scale tries to assess four moods; anxiety, angerhostility, sadness-depression, and happiness. Itd subscale is scory from 0 to 10, a higher score in the EVEA subscales would indicate that the respondent has a higher level of sad-depressed, anxious, angryhostile, and happy mood, respectively.

Touch Detection ThresholdsChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by Semmes-Weinstein filaments (SWMs)

Quality of sleepChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index that is a self-rated questionnaire which assesses sleep quality and disturbances. The global score, with a range of 0-21 points, "0" indicating no difficulty and "21" indicating severe difficulties.

Pain in hands and feetChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by visual analogue scale. From 0 to 10, a higher score is a worse subjective pain in hands and feet.

General physical functioning and mobilityChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by the 6 minutes walking test. A greater distance (meters) covered over 6 min indicates greater mobility and general functioning.

Breast cancer quality of lifeChange from baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by European Organization for Research and Treatment of Breast Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire. The total questionnaire has a score from 0 to 100, in which a higher score indicates increased quality of life.

Handgrip strength testChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assessed by TKK5101 Grp-D dynamometer (Takeya, Tokyo, Japan)

Body compositionChange from Baseline to 12 weeks (after intervention)

assesseb by bioimpedance (InBody)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Granada

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Granada, Spain

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