Home-based Respiratory Muscle Training for Minimizing Side Effects in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorRoswell Park Cancer Institute
About this trial
This clinical trial evaluates whether home-based respiratory muscle training is useful for minimizing side effects in patients undergoing treatment for cancer. Over-activation of the nervous system during breast cancer treatment can result in heart- and lung-related side effects which have the potential to reduce a patient's quality of life. Aerobic exercise can help prevent the development of these side effects. However, engaging in regular aerobic exercise may be difficult for breast cancer patients who are actively undergoing treatment. Respiratory muscle training (RMT) involves a series of breathing and other exercises that are performed to improve the function of the respiratory muscles through resistance and endurance training. Home-based RMT may represent a more feasible approach for reducing side effects in patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Documented breast cancer and scheduled to receive adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Age >= 21 years old
Diagnosed with solid tumor (e.g., head and neck, thoracic, or breast cancer)
Scheduled to receive at least one dose of chemotherapy or immunotherapy or radiation
Disqualifiers
Presence of oral mucosal disease including oral mucositis, or oral candidiasis detected at baseline
Have uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active respiratory infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, heart failure or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements
Any condition which in the Investigator's opinion deems the participant an unsuitable candidate to receive study intervention
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Best Practice
- Medical Device Usage and Evaluation
- Respiratory Muscle Training
- Survey Administration
Treatment groups
130 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov