Randomized Controlled Trial of Simultaneous Exercise During Neo-/Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients and Its Effects on Neurocognition
The ECCO-study evaluates the efficacy of simultaneous controlled exercise during neo/-adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients and its effects on neurocognition. In this study the investigators examine the benefits of the individualized high intensity training program on a cancer related cognitive impairment. Changes in patients' cognition are evaluated by neuropsychological testing. Possible structural changes are detected with MRI volumetry. Biomarkers connected to Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI) and chemotherapy related inflammatory processes which impair cognition, respectively, will be assessed.
• Histologically confirmed breast cancer and planned neo- and adjuvant chemotherapy
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1
• Age 18 - 70 years
• Adequate hematologic functions 28d prior to randomization (Platelet count over 50 G/L, Hemoglobin over 8 g/dL)
• Able to perform exercise according to protocol
• Signed informed consent prior to randomization
• Fluid in German