Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

The Preoperative Health & Body Study

Lead Sponsor:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

Yale University

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Conditions:

Breast Cancer

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study is designed to look at the changes that occur in women who take part in exercise and Mind-Body programs between breast cancer diagnosis and breast surgery. The investigators will look at ch...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed stage I-III breast cancer
  • Planning to undergo definitive surgical management with lumpectomy or mastectomy with in the next 8 weeks.
  • Willing and able to participate in the intervention for at least 3 weeks prior to surgery.
  • ECOG performance status of 0 or 1
  • Approval by oncologist or surgeon
  • Willingness to be randomized.
  • English speaking and able to read English

Exclusion

  • Concurrent other malignancy or history of other malignancy treated within the past 3 years (other than non-melanoma skin cancer or in situ cervical cancer)
  • Presence of metastatic disease
  • Scheduled to receive any form of neoadjuvant cancer therapy
  • Locally advanced breast cancer not amenable to primary surgery
  • History of prior ipsilateral breast cancer
  • Taking tamoxifen, raloxifene or an aromatase inhibitor at the time of breast cancer diagnosis
  • Absolute contraindications to maximal exercise testing as recommended by the American Thoracic Society
  • Any condition which in the investigator's opinion makes the subject unsuitable for study participation
  • Participating in another clinical study with competing study outcomes
  • Pregnant (i.e., positive beta-HCG) or breast feeding
  • Unable to comply with protocol and/or not available for follow-up assessments
  • Participation in more than 90 minutes a week of moderate-intensity recreational activity (not including activities such as gardening, bowling, golfing with a cart) as assessed by the Leisure Score Index of Godin Leisure- Time Exercise Questionnaire (LSI) (Appendix I) or recent participation (past 6 months) in two or more strength training sessions per week.
  • Diabetes mellitus requiring insulin or oral agents; patients with diet-controlled diabetes will be allowed to participate

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

49 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01516190

Start Date

August 1 2011

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

November 24 2025

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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215