Clinical trial · Interventional
Studying Tailored Exercise Prescriptions in Breast Cancer Patients
The Effects of a Tailored, Home-based Exercise Prescription to Increase Physical Activity in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Systemic Chemotherapy
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Chemotherapy forms a significant part of many breast cancer patient's treatment and is associated with various common, known adverse effects. For the last few decades, physical activity has been emerging as a viable intervention to help many of these adverse effects. The study will determine if the provision of a 12-week tailored walking programme, provided alongside a home-based exercise prescription from a cancer doctor results in improved levels of physical activity and quality of life in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailored Exercise Prescription | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Tailored Exercise Prescription
- description
- Participants will have a discussion on the 'My Exercise Prescription' booklet on the benefits of increasing levels of physical activity. They will be encouraged to read this in more detail and guided through its completion. The participant will receive an exercise prescription using the Pre-Intervention Assessment Tool (PIAT) and following discussion with the participant on a realistic and achievable starting point. The booklets provided will guide participants through the exercise programme which is a graduated walking-based activity intervention. Both booklets provide participants with a suggested starting point for walking distance per week based on their PIAT score as well as motivational and behaviour change strategies to encourage participation.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Tailored Exercise Prescription
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard Care
- description
- No sham or placebo conditions will be used in the study. At visit 1 standard care participants will be given the Standard Care Information Sheet and asked to simply continue with standard care.
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Written informed consent prior to admission to the study. * Age 18-75 years of age. * Able to read and speak English. * Not currently meeting national guidelines for exercise (i.e. \<150mins moderate intensity exercise on 5 or more days per week). * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of primary breast malignancy (GROUP 1), OR Histological or radiological confirmation of advanced/metastatic breast malignancy (GROUP 2). * Due to commence (or within 3 weeks of commencing) neo-adjuvant or adjuvant systemic chemotherapy for breast malignancy (GROUP 1), OR Due to commence (or within 3 weeks of commencing) any line of palliative systemic chemotherapy for breast malignancy (GROUP 2). * ECOG Performance Status 0-2. * Able (in investigator's opinion) to be able to comply with all study requirements and exercise prescription. Exclusion Criteria: * Any severe or uncontrolled medical conditions. * Any unstable or uncontrolled cardiopulmonary illness. * Recent Myocardial Infarction (\<6months) * Implanted Cardiac defibrillator. * Uncontrolled Hypertension * Pregnancy or \<12 weeks post-partum. * Life expectancy \<3 months. * Prior history of neurological or psychiatric disorder, which could cause cognitive deficits. * Current or planned enrolment in structured exercise or weight loss programme. * Injury, disability or symptoms preventing compliance with exercise prescription. * Psychological, sociological or geographical conditions that do not permit compliance with the study protocol or exercise prescription.
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