Prehabilitation Based on Resistance-exercise Training in Women With Breast Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Therapy: From Molecular Mechanism to Clinical Benefits

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Breast cancer stands as the foremost cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide, with the highest incidence of any cancer type. The choice of therapeutic interventions hinges upon factors like cancer stage, cell subtype, and tumor size. Consequently, individuals with more aggressive tumors, such as HER+2 and Triple Negative, or larger tumors often undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy before breast surgery. However, these anticancer treatments come with side effects like cancer-related fatigue, reduced functional capacity, and changes in body composition, notably skeletal muscle atrophy. Skeletal muscle loss correlates with heightened mortality rates, cardiotoxicity, and diminished quality of life, underscoring the need for early therapeutic interventions. One such promising strategy is prehabilitation, which involves resistance-exercise training aimed at bolstering skeletal muscle mass from the outset of the disease, even preceding breast surgery. Resistance-exercise training has shown favorable effects on women undergoing adjuvant therapy or survivors of breast cancer, however, its molecular and clinical effects in women with breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant therapy are unknown.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
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• Postmenopausal women with breast cancer in stages I, II and III with luminal breast tumor, HER2+ or TNBC

• Indication for neoadjuvant chemotherapy

• Candidates for curative breast surgery

• Body mass index: 18.5 \<BMI \<30 kg/m2

• Sedentary (does not perform scheduled or planned physical activity ≥ 2 times a week)

• Willingness to participate in the study and follow the proposed prehabilitation scheme.

Locations
Other Locations
Chile
Fundación Arturo López Pérez
RECRUITING
Santiago
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera. Temuco, Chile
RECRUITING
Temuco
Contact Information
Primary
Macarena Artigas, PT, MSc
klga.macarena.artigas@gmail.com
990420698
Backup
Gabriel N Marzuca-Nassr, PT, MSc, PhD
gabriel.marzuca@ufrontera.cl
+56 45 2596713
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-01-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 68
Treatments
Experimental: Prehabilitation intervention program
All volunteers be subjected to 16 - 20 weeks of full body resistance exercise training (2 times per week. However, usual care program.
Active_comparator: Usual Care Program
All volunteers be subjected usual care (diagnosis confirmation, chemotherapy treatment planning and an initial education session).
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Sponsors
Leads: Universidad de La Frontera

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