Sensory boost helps cancer patients stay steady
NCT ID NCT07027215
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether adding extra sensory feedback to physical therapy could improve balance and reduce fall risk in women with nerve damage from cancer treatment. Forty women who had recovered from breast cancer took part. The group that received the extra sensory feedback showed better balance and foot sensitivity compared to those who only did standard exercises.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- physical therapy with augmented sensory feedback (intermittent pneumatic compression, balance exercises, PNF technique)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a better way to help cancer survivors with nerve damage improve their balance and reduce falls.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, completed study with only 40 women, so results may not apply to everyone. The improvements seen may not hold up in larger, more diverse groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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May 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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35 to 60 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Forty female with age from 35-60 years * clinically diagnosed with CIPN after recovery from stage I or II breast cancer * The strength at the toes, ankles, knees, and hips, as determined by manual muscle tests, of at least 3/5. * The patients can walk independently with or without any assistive devices. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a history of hereditary peripheral neuropathy * Diseases that may contribute to peripheral nerve damage, such as diabetes or renal insufficiency, alcohol abuse, HIV, and vasculitis. * Patient who had central or peripheral neurologic disease, brain or spinal cord metastases * Orthopedic problems influencing gait, or foot ulcer at the moment of intake. * Patients with vestibular or neurological problems influencing gait parameters * Subjects who had participated in regular exercise, as defined as 150 min of light-to-moderate intensity exercise per week over the past year, were excluded from this trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Faculty of Physical Therapy South Valley University
Luxor, Qena Governorate, Egypt
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