Exercise Programs in Healthy Young Women at Increased Risk of Developing Breast Cancer

Summary

RATIONALE: Exercise may change the risk of developing breast cancer. It is not yet known whether low-intensity exercise or high-intensity exercise is more effective in lowering the risk of breast cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well exercise programs work in healthy young women at increased risk of developing breast cancer.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Healthy, no Evidence of Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

exercise intervention

OTHER

counseling intervention

OTHER

gas chromatography

OTHER

immunoenzyme technique

OTHER

immunologic technique

OTHER

laboratory biomarker analysis

OTHER

mass spectrometry

OTHER

physiologic testing

OTHER

questionnaire administration

OTHER

survey administration

PROCEDURE

dual x-ray absorptometry

PROCEDURE

magnetic resonance imaging

PROCEDURE

study of high risk factors

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Katie Schmitz, PhD · Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2008-10-31

Primary Completion

2012-05-31

Completion

2016-05-20

Countries

• United States

Study Locations