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Survival TRaining for ENhancing Total Health (STRENGTH)

NCT00068458 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2017-12-19

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Summary

RATIONALE: A home-based exercise and/or diet program may improve the quality of life of breast cancer patients by preventing an increase in body fat and weight and a loss of lean body tissue.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying the effectiveness of three home-based diet and/or exercise programs in preventing weight gain and loss of muscle tissue in women who are receiving chemotherapy for stage I, stage II, or stage IIIA breast cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Calcium-Rich Diet

1,200 - 2,500 mg/day. 6 month intervention

OTHER

Arm 2: Exercise + Calcium-Rich Diet

Dietary counseling + material promoting strength training an aerobic activity + a calcium intake of 1,200 - 2,500 mg/day. 6 month intervention.

OTHER

Exercise + Fruit & Vegetable, Low Fat + Calcium Diet

1,200 - 2,500 Calcium intake per day. 6 month intervention period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Duke University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edward G. Shaw, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  • Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, PhD · Duke Cancer Institute

  • Roger T. Anderson, PhD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-09-30
Primary Completion
2004-01-31
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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