Effects of Aerobic Exercise Versus Weight Training in Breast Cancer Survivors During Chemotherapy
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00115713 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: June 24, 2005
Last Update Posted
: March 23, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Neoplasms | Behavioral: Aerobic Exercise Training Behavioral: Resistance Exercise Training | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Enrollment : | 240 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Comparison of Aerobic Versus Resistance Exercise Training in Enhancing Quality of Life in Early Stage Breast Cancer Survivors Receiving Chemotherapy: A Multi-Centre Randomized Trial |
Study Start Date : | April 2003 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2005 |

- Quality of Life
- Physical Fitness
- Body Composition
- Lymphedema
- Treatment Completion Rates
- Selected Biomarkers
- Exercise Adherence Rates and Determinants

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Breast cancer early stage I –IIIA
- Completed axillary surgery
- Scheduled to receive adjuvant chemotherapy for 9 – 24 weeks
- Approval of the treating oncologist
- Able to understand and provide written informed consent in English or French (Ottawa)
- 18+ years of age
- No uncontrolled hypertension, cardiac illness, psychiatric condition
- No contraindication to exercise as determined by a fitness test
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant.
- Unwilling to accept randomization.
- Any medical condition that would be a contraindication to exercise. The clinicians will make this decision.
- Unwilling to travel to/participate in the exercise program as defined by the protocol.
- Previous chemotherapy (previous cancer is NOT an exclusion criteria).
- Cancer recurrence.
- Planned/known absence of greater than 2 weeks during the intended study period.
- Previous therapy for known breast cancer.
- Those who have had TRAM (i.e., Transabdominal Rectus Abdominus Muscle Reconstructive Surgery) done.
- Moderate lymphedema (>20% or >200mL difference between the affected arm and the unaffected arm).

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00115713
Canada, Alberta | |
University of Alberta | |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G2H9 | |
Canada, British Columbia | |
University of British Columbia | |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T123 | |
Canada, Ontario | |
Ottawa Hospital | |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Principal Investigator: | Kerry S Courneya, PhD | University of Alberta |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00115713 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ETH-02-70-85 |
First Posted: | June 24, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 23, 2007 |
Last Verified: | March 2007 |
Keywords provided by University of Alberta, Physical Education:
Aerobic Exercise Weight Lifting Breast Cancer Quality of Life |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Neoplasms Breast Diseases Skin Diseases |