Exercise program may boost quality of life and cut costs for breast cancer patients
NCT ID NCT05949983
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 6-month adapted physical activity program improves quality of life and reduces healthcare costs for women with breast cancer during active treatment. About 866 women will be randomly assigned to either the exercise program or standard recommendations for physical activity. The main goal is to see if the program is cost-effective and improves well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- adapted physical activity program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a structured exercise program improves quality of life and reduces healthcare costs for women with breast cancer during treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This is a large trial, but it compares exercise to simple recommendations, so the difference may be small. Results depend on patient adherence and may not apply to all cancer types.
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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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About 866 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
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18 years and older
- 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: * women with breast cancer * any type of breast cancer, all grades, all stages * during treatment: surgery +/- chemotherapy +/- radiotherapy +/- hormone therapy Exclusion Criteria: * World Health Organization (WHO) 4 * Unstable angina * Uncontrolled Atrial fibrillation * Uncontrolled high blood pressure * Recent myocardial infarction or myocarditis or pericarditis or thromboembolic disease (less than 3 weeks) * Aortic stenosis or valve disease to operate * Cardiac or respiratory failure, with dyspnea at rest * Symptomatic anemia, thrombocytopenia * Lytic or painful bone metastases, Severe osteoporosis * Severe infectious syndrome, * Surgery in the last 3 weeks * Extreme fatigue, sharp pain, dizziness, disturbance of consciousness, severe undernutrition * Contraindication to the practice of an adapted physical activity programme * Currently involved or exclusion period of a interventional study or adapted Physical Activity program * Patient with protective measures (guardianship, curators, and deprivation of liberty). * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Patient with severe functional limitations
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Marie-Eve Rougé-Bugat
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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