Breast Cancer Foundation NZ
Personalised Exercise Prescription
Early Breast Cancer clinical trials for ER+
This study will introduce participants to a supervised, personalised exercise programme from point-of-diagnosis through to week 12 of chemotherapy in individuals receiving treatment for early-stage breast cancer.
This study aims to explore the feasibility of introducing supervised, personalised exercise prescription from point-of-diagnosis through to week 12 of chemotherapy in individuals receiving treatment for early-stage breast or colon cancer in Christchurch, New Zealand. Exercises will be individualised and prescribed by an accredited Exercise Physiologist with more than 5-years-experience. Sessions will be a combined approach of aerobic and resistance training, delivered in a hospital-based gym 1-3 x / week for up to 60 mins per session. Adherence will be assessed to investigate feasibility of the programme. There will be two options for people to self-select to participate in the research study, either in the exercise group or the non-exercise group.
Key inclusion criteria:
- Men and women able to give informed written consent.
- 18 years or older with adequate hematologic, renal and liver function.
- No prior chemotherapy treatment, radiation therapy or surgery within six months.
- Good performance status (i.e. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (EGOC) performance status of 0–1).
- Early stage breast or colon cancer (stage I-III, no distant metastasis).
Key exclusion criteria
- Acute infectious diseases.
- Severe cardiovascular (e.g. unstable ischemic heart disease, uncontrolled arrhythmia) or respiratory (e.g. shortness of breath at rest) disease.
- Severe anaemia (Hb<100).
- Unable to read and speak English
New Zealand
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