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Brief Title: Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program in Improving Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors
Official Title: A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Feasibility of a Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Program in Survivors of Breast Cancer
Study ID: NCT01113554
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: A breast cancer rehabilitation program and exercise therapy may help improve the quality of life of breast cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This clinical trial studies a breast cancer rehabilitation program in improving quality of life in breast cancer survivors.
Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate accrual, retention, adherence, and participation of breast cancer survivors to a breast cancer rehabilitation program. II. To estimate the variability of weight, six-minute walk, quality of life and other psychosocial and physical measures in women participating in the BCRP. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To assess changes in the anthropometric, psychosocial, and physical outcomes over the six-month period of the BCRP. II. To document the types and the rates of adverse events associated with the BCRP. OUTLINE: Patients attend exercise therapy sessions over 1 hour 3 times a week for 6 months. Exercise therapy sessions are comprised of a 10 minute warm-up of light stretching and aerobic type exercise (walking, cycling), 30 minutes of endurance type exercise (cycle, walking), and 20 minutes of resistance training exercise.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers: No
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Name: Mara Vitolins
Affiliation: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR