Trial reportBMC cancer2015
Factors influencing participation in a randomized controlled resistance exercise intervention study in breast cancer patients during radiotherapy.
Trial report in BMC cancer, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01468766 (Effects of a Supervised Progressive Resistance Training With Breast Cancer Patients During Adjuvant Radiotherapy - A Randomised Controlled Intervention Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of a Supervised Progressive Resistance Training With Breast Cancer Patients During Adjuvant Radiotherapy - A Randomised Controlled Intervention Trial
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Resistance training for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Targeting Exercise Interventions to Patients With Cancer in Need: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2018Pooled it
- Recruitment to the "Breast-Activity and Healthy Eating After Diagnosis" (B-AHEAD) Randomized Controlled Trial.Integrative cancer therapies · 2018Trial
- Lessons learnt from a process evaluation of an exercise intervention in patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation.European journal of cancer care · 2018Trial
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- An exercise trial to reduce cancer related fatigue in African American breast cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy: Design, rationale, and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2016Trial
- Baseline self-efficacy and engagement in a symptom management intervention after cancer treatment: an exploratory analysis of a sequential multiple assignment randomized trial.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- A Sensitivity Analysis Framework Using the Proxy Pattern-Mixture Model for Generalization of Experimental Results.Statistics in medicine · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of exercise and/or nutritional interventions to improve the quality of life of women with breast cancer receiving radiation therapy: a scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Article
- Do people with epilepsy want to participate in an exercise intervention randomized controlled trial? - Results of a brief survey and its preliminary application.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2023Article
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- The Impact of Exercise on Fatigue among Patients Undergoing Adjuvant Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of caring sciences · 2022Review
- A pilot feasibility study of Exercising Together© during radiation therapy for prostate cancer: a dyadic approach for patients and spouses.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
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- Racial Differences in Patient Portal Activation and Research Enrollment Among Patients With Prostate Cancer.JCO clinical cancer informatics · 2021Article
- The association between fatigue and pain symptoms and decreased physical activity after cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- Predictors of enrollment in individual- and couple-based lifestyle intervention trials for cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- Patient-reported physical activity and the association with health-related quality of life in head and neck cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2018Article
- Exercise Training and Cardiovascular Health in Cancer Patients.Current oncology reports · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundOver the past years knowledge about benefits of physical activity after cancer is evolving from randomized exercise intervention trials. However, it has been argued that results may be biased by selective participation. Therefore, we investigated factors influencing participation in a randomized exercise intervention trial for breast cancer patients.
methodsNon-metastatic breast cancer patients were systematically screened for a randomized exercise intervention trial on cancer-related fatigue. Participants and nonparticipants were compared concerning sociodemographic characteristics (age, marital status, living status, travel time to the training facility), clinical data (body-mass-index, tumor stage, tumor size and lymph node status, comorbidities, chemotherapy), fatigue, and physical activity. Reasons for participation or declination were recorded.
results117 patients (52 participants, 65 nonparticipants) were evaluable for analysis. Multiple regression analyses revealed significantly higher odds to decline participation among patients with longer travel time (p=0.0012), living alone (p=0.039), with more comorbidities (0.031), previous chemotherapy (p=0.0066), of age≥70 years (p=0.025), or being free of fatigue (p=0.0007). No associations were found with BMI or physical activity. By far the most frequently reported reason for declination of participation was too long commuting time to the training facility.
conclusionsWillingness of breast cancer patients to participate in a randomized exercise intervention study differed by sociodemographic factors and health status. Neither current physical activity level nor BMI appeared to be selective for participation. Reduction of personal inconveniences and time effort, e.g. by decentralized training facilities or flexible training schedules, seem most promising for enhancing participation in exercise intervention trials.
trial registrationRegistered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01468766 (October 2011).
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