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A Home-Based Study to Enhance Activity in Breast Cancer Survivors

NCT02969291 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2019-07-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

There is a well-documented association between physical activity \& risk for breast cancer development and recurrence. It is known that exercise interventions have been effective at increasing physical activity levels in breast cancer survivors. Knowing that breast cancer survivors are less active than non-cancer patients, a less active lifestyle places them at risk of obesity and poor overall health, which in turn also increases risk of cancer and cancer recurrence. Not all the reasons for the risk reduction are clear, however it is known that hormones and other inflammatory markers play a role.

This study has three goals:

1. To investigate the feasibility of a home intervention designed to reduce sedentary behavior.
2. Describe the effects of the intervention on levels of sedentary behavior, physical activity, and symptoms.
3. Assess cost of the intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Reduced Sedentary Time Intervention (RSTI)

Following 7 days of baseline activity monitoring a study investigator will download the information from the monitor, evaluate the periods of sedentary behavior and create a tailored RSTI for each participant. For example, the investigator may notice a long stretch of sitting in the evening following a meal and identify several exercises that can be done indoors during that time, or if the participant is amiable to walking breaks and a period after work is identified the investigator might suggest the appropriate walking activity at that time. This program has been successful in sedentary overweight office workers and investigators will use similar techniques.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baystate Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Grace Makari-Judson, MD · Baystate Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2018-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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