Effects of a Supervised Progressive Resistance Training With Breast Cancer Patients During Adjuvant Radiotherapy (BEST)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01468766 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 9, 2011
Last Update Posted : April 19, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Breast Cancer Cancer-related Fatigue | Other: Supervised progressive resistance training Other: Supervised progressive muscle relaxation training (Jacobson method) | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 160 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Single (Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Effects of a Supervised Progressive Resistance Training With Breast Cancer Patients During Adjuvant Radiotherapy - A Randomised Controlled Intervention Trial |
Study Start Date : | February 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2013 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2014 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Resistance training |
Other: Supervised progressive resistance training
2x60 minutes per week for 12 weeks |
Active Comparator: Relaxation training |
Other: Supervised progressive muscle relaxation training (Jacobson method)
2x60 minutes per week for 12 weeks |
- Fatigue measured by Fatigue Assessment Questionnaire (FAQ) [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Quantity of FoxP3+ CD25+ regulatory T-cells [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Inflammatory parameter CRP, SAA and IL-6 [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Circulating lymphocytes subpopulations (CD4+, CD8+, CD56+) [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Specificity of FoxP3+ CD25+ regulatory T-cells (in a subgroup only) [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
immunmagnetic purification of the Treg (Selection by CD4 und CD25 expression; MACS-beads) by co-culturing of titrated Treg with 3H marked autologuous, polyclonal (anti CD3/CD28) activiated, conventional T-cells (CD4+, CD25+) and subsequent assessment of the proliferation of conventional T-cells.
Zur Bestimmung der Treg-Spezifität wurde eigens eine neue Methode entwickelt, die auf der signifikant erhöhten suppressiven Aktivität antigenspezifisch aktivierter Treg, gegenüber nicht aktivierten Treg, basiert.
- Quality of Life measured by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ30/BR23) [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Depression measured by "Allgemeine Depressionsskala" (ADS, the German version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)) [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Muscle strength measured at the IsoMed2000® [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Cardiorespiratory fitness measured by ergospirometry [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Number of participants with lymphedema, pain, nausea, dyspnea, or tachycardia as a measure of safety of resistance training during radiotherapy. [ Time Frame: events with onset or worsening during the 12-week intervention period are considered ]
- Cognitive performance measured by the Trail-Making-Test [ Time Frame: change between baseline and week 13 (end of intervention) ]
- Toxicity of radiotherapy (acute radio dermatitis; LENT-SOMA classification for late effects) [ Time Frame: acute toxicity during radio therapy and late effects 6 weeks after end of radio therapy are recorded ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- histologically confirmed primary breast cancer, stage I-III, after lumpectomy or mastectomy, indication for adjuvant radiotherapy
- BMI: 18-40
- ability to understand and follow the study protocol
Exclusion Criteria:
- contraindication for exercise
- participation in the BEATE trial or another systematic resistance or relaxation training

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01468766
Germany | |
National Center for Tumor Diseases | |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 |
Principal Investigator: | Karen Steindorf, Prof. Dr. | German Cancer Research Center | |
Principal Investigator: | Karin Potthoff, Dr. | University Hospital Heidelberg |
Other Publications:
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Responsible Party: | Karen Steindorf, Prof. Dr. Karen Steindorf / Dr. Karin Potthoff, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01468766 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BEST |
First Posted: | November 9, 2011 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 19, 2016 |
Last Verified: | April 2016 |
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