Exercise Preconditioning and Breast Cancer Cardiotoxicity
Overview
Tab Title Description
Study type
InterventionalDescribes the nature of a clinical study. Types include:
- Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results.
- Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new tests, treatments, drugs, surgical procedures or devices.
- Medical records research — uses historical information collected from medical records of large groups of people to study how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Study IDs
Site IRB
- Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona: 15-004656
NCT ID: NCT02842658
Sponsor Protocol Number: 15-004656
About this study
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a supervised exercise-training program, initiated prior to chemotherapy induction (pre-conditioning) and continued throughout chemotherapy treatment, can preserve short- and long-term cardiovascular performance, skeletal muscle function, cognitive ability and quality of life better than current standard or care recommendations for exercise during chemotherapy.
Participation eligibility
Participant eligibility includes age, gender, type and stage of disease, and previous treatments or health concerns. Guidelines differ from study to study, and identify who can or cannot participate. There is no guarantee that every individual who qualifies and wants to participate in a trial will be enrolled. Contact the study team to discuss study eligibility and potential participation.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must be able to communicate meaningfully with the investigator and must be legally competent to provide written informed consent
- Subjects will have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer (stage I, II or III)
- Subjects must be scheduled by their oncologist to undergo anthracycline based chemotherapy (doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide) in the neoadjuvant/adjuvant setting
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unstable angina
- Myocardial infarction in the past 4 weeks
- Uncompensated heart failure
- New York Heart Association class IV symptoms
- Complex ventricular arrhythmias
- Medical orthopedic conditions precluding stationary cycling
- Medical conditions precluding neuropsychological assessment
- Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
- Acute pulmonary embolus
- Acute myocarditis
- Untreated high-risk proliferative retinopathy
- Recent retinal hemorrhage
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Sodium and/or Potassium ≥ Grade 2
- Pregnant Women
Participating Mayo Clinic locations
Study statuses change often. Please contact the study team for the most up-to-date information regarding possible participation.
| Mayo Clinic Location |
Status |
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Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
Mayo Clinic principal investigator Farouk Mookadam, M.D. |
Closed for enrollment |
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