Simple online tools may help high-risk women reduce breast cancer risk through exercise
NCT ID NCT06405568
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether providing online webinars, digital tools, and a logbook can help adults at high risk for breast cancer become more physically active. Participants (200 women aged 30-69) will either receive the full motivation package or just standard activity recommendations. The goal is to see if the extra support helps them meet exercise guidelines and improve quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Physical activity motivation package (online webinars, digital tools, and logbook)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a simple, scalable way to help high-risk individuals become more active, potentially lowering their breast cancer risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage behavioral study with 200 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention relies on self-reported activity, which can be inaccurate.
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Study facts
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- 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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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30 to 69 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * English- and French-speaking adults enrolled in the Ontario Breast Screening Program; * Aged 30-69 years; * Assigned female sex at birth; * Be at high risk for breast cancer as identified through Category A or B, after genetic assessment: (a) Category A individuals meet ≥1 of the following criteria: (i) known carrier of a gene mutation (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2), (ii) first degree relative of a carrier of a gene mutation (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2), received genetic counselling but declined genetic testing, (iii) previously assessed as having ≥25% lifetime risk of breast cancer on basis of family history, or (iv) received chest radiation before age 30 and ≥ 8 years previously. (b) Category B individuals meet ≥1 of the following criteria: (i) first degree relative of a carrier of a gene mutation (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2), has not had genetic counselling or testing, (ii) a personal or family history of ≥1 of the following: ≥2 cases of breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer in closely related blood relatives, bilateral breast cancer, both breast cancer and ovarian cancer in the same individual, breast cancer at age ≤35 years, invasive serous ovarian cancer, breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish families, an identified gene mutation (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2) in any blood relative, male breast cancer. Exclusion Criteria: Individuals self-reporting * \>150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity in the past week; * no access to an internet connected device; * a condition preventing physical activity (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension)
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