Physical InactivityNCT05252780
A Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in a Middle-income Country
A study testing My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice in people with Physical Inactivity and Breast Cancer, run by Olga Lucia Sarmiento at 1 site in Colombia.
Trial summary
Interventions to promote physical activity among women breast cancer survivors (BCS) in low to middle-income countries are limited. We conducted a study to assess the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of an 8-week, 3 times/week group dance intervention for BCS delivered in Bogotá, Colombia. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Physical Inactivity, Breast Cancer
- What is being tested?
- My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 64 participants
- Where
- 1 siteColombia
- Study dates
- 1 Mar 2019to 31 Aug 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- BCS at least six months post treatment completion
- More than 18 years of age
- Living in Bogotá
- Willing to attend the program and the assessments
Who cannot join
- The presence of metastatic disease and other health conditions for which community physical activity was contraindicated
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: "My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice": a Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in Physical Activity in a Middle-income Country
Interventions to promote physical activity among women breast cancer survivors (BCS) in low to middle-income countries are limited. We conducted a study to assess the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of an 8-week, 3 times/week group dance intervention for BCS delivered in Bogotá, Colombia. The effect of the intervention on participants' physical activity levels, motivation to engage in physical activity, and quality of life were evaluated, and interviews were thematically analyzed to assess program acceptability.
Read the detailed description
This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group and an intervention group.
The study population are patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of breast cancer who have received management and are currently in remission phase (more than 1 year after finishing management with chemotherapy and radiotherapy) and who do not report having any medical contraindication for the practice of physical activity (angina, acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, arterial hypertension and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, severe lymphedema). The control group will be patients who attend their medical check-ups at the National Cancer Institute of Colombia and the intervention group will be patients who are cared for by units of the Bogotá's medical service. It will have the written approval of the ethics committee of the respective hospitals.
Being an exploratory study that investigates the acceptability and main motivations for attending physical activity sessions on a regular basis, it is considered that a sample of 30 people in the control group and 30 people in the intervention group could provide the necessary information to have in mind to develop studies with more significant sample sizes in the future.
For 8 weeks the intervention group will be offered 24 classes of musicalized directed physical activity (through a training protocol adapted for patients with this underlying pathology), and 8 craft workshops, to be held in the same space as the physical activity sessions. Additionally, at the same time, healthy habits will be promoted with the control group through text messages during 8 weeks, with a two workshops (at the beginning and the end of this period). The classes and workshops will be held at the facilities of the health provider institution in a place that guarantees the privacy of the participants.
For the recruitment of patients in the intervention group, women who were diagnosed with altered BI-RADS will be contacted by telephone. For the recruitment of patients from the control group, the head nurse who coordinates the follow-up program for breast cancer patients will be asked to invite the women in the study to participate. Additionally, all invited patients will receive the information through an attached information sheet.
Before the start of the intervention and after it, the following measurements will be made:
- The questionnaires include questions about sociodemographic data, medical information, quality of life, general state of health, optimism and pessimism about life, anxiety and depression, perception of fatigue, knowledge about physical activity, self-efficacy in physical activity and social support for the practice of physical activity. These questionnaires will be administered by pollsters trained and registered through the Qualtrics application. These questionnaires will be applied by trained interviewers in a personal meeting in both health centers, in a space that ensures the confidentiality and security of the information.
- Objective measurements that include levels of physical activity by accelerometry and body composition by bio-impedance. These measurements will be carried out by a professional in Respiratory Therapy in the facilities of the institution that provides services where the women have been recruited, as appropriate control group or intervention group. The research team will provide the transportation service to take the participants to the facilities. To guarantee the physical safety of the people who participate, there will be a person certified in life support, who will ensure that the participant who requires entering in the most efficient way to the health system. It is worth clarifying that all study participants will have affiliation to a Health Promoting Entity through which they attend their oncology controls, and additionally, the research group will have a medical insurance policy for the patients who participate in the intervention to cover any event that may arise during it.
- Collection of qualitative information through focus groups led by an anthropology professional to explore what breast cancer survivors look for in a physical activity program and the main motivations and barriers to attending said program and its acceptability. In addition, information will be collected through interviews with experts who work in health promotion, disease prevention, and cancer patient management to identify those factors that are important to be able to articulate the recreation sector with the health sector in the implementation of a targeted physical activity program for breast cancer survivors. Approximately 10 to 15 interviews will be carried out according to the saturation of the information; the recruitment of these experts will be done through snowball sampling where an expert will refer to contacts related to this topic.
Statistical analyzes will be carried out with SPSS and SAS, an ANOVA analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis and McNemar's tests of repeated measures will be carried out to establish the change in the results before and after the intervention. To support the analysis of qualitative data from both the focus groups and the interviews, the NVIVO12 software will be used.
Participants will receive the aggregated results of the general study ensuring confidentiality. Additionally, the participants will receive individually the results of the anthropometric tests and stress tests so that they know their physical condition; those who find a level of risk of coronary heart disease will be explicitly suggested to consult a specialist doctor through their insurer.
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Breast Cancer
- Being tested
- My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice
- Keywords
- Breast cancer survivors, Physical activity, Behavior change intervention, Community-based program, Mixed-methods assessment, Middle-income setting
- Medical subject headings
- Sedentary Behavior, Breast Neoplasms, Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
My Body, My Rhythm, My VoiceBehavioural
Also called My Body
My Body was a behavioral intervention informed by the social cognitive and self-determination theories. Based on the discussions and a systematic review of the literature, we designed the 8-week, 3 times/week rumba physical activity intervention. The goal of the intervention was to gradually increase all participants' physical activity levels to achieve significant health benefits. As part of the physical activity intervention, participants were also taught by their instructor during each class how to utilize behavioral and cognitive self-regulatory skills to increase and maintain their physical activity participation. Examples of such skills were action planning, coping planning, counter conditioning, self-evaluation, among others.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice Receives: Behavioral: My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice |
| Control group | No intervention | No intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in participants' physical activity levels
To assess the change from baseline participants' physical activity levels at 8 weeks, participants wore accelerometers for 7 consecutive days from awakening to bedtime using an elasticized belt around the waist at the right mid-axillary line. For wear-time validation, a minimum of four weekdays and a weekend day with at least 10 hours of wear during the waking time was required. Accelerometers were initialized to collect data at a sampling frequency of 80 Hz, downloaded in one-second epochs and grouped in 60-second epochs for analysis.
Measured: Physical activity levels were assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
Change in participants' motivation to engage in physical activity
To assess the change from baseline participants´ motivational regulation for physical activity at 8 weeks, we used the validated Spanish version of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 [BREQ-3], a 23-item inventory assessing the Self-Determination Theory relevant constructs (which conceptualizes motivation as a continuum ranging from amotivation to a high level of intrinsic motivation). Responses to each item were reported on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (not true for me) to 4 (very true for me).
Measured: Motivational regulation for physical activity was assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
Change in participants' quality of life
To assess the change of quality of life, we used the official Colombian Spanish translation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire. It incorporates five functioning subscales, three symptom subscales, six single symptoms, an item for illness-related financial difficulties, and a two-item general health/global QoL subscale. Each item was reported on a 4-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much), except for the general health subscale, which response options range from 1 (very poor) to 7 (excellent). High scores on the functioning subscales and the global health status/QoL subscale represent higher quality of life, while high scores on the symptom subscales indicate high levels of symptomatology. We also used a subscale of the EORTC questionnaire specific to breast cancer patients regarding physical symptoms for lymphedema; it comprises seven items with responses also ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much).
Measured: Quality of life was assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
Acceptability of My Body
We used a semi-structured interviewing technique to ensure in-depth insights about BCS' perspectives towards physical activity, their anticipated and actual experienced barriers and facilitators to engage in the physical activity intervention, their expected and reported benefits from the physical activity intervention, and the perceived positive and negative aspects of the program.
Measured: Semi-structured interviews were conducted after the 8th week
Secondary outcomes (2)
Sociodemographic variables
To characterize the population, we collected surveys inquiring about sociodemographic variables (i.e., age, education, socioeconomic level, employment status, healthcare access).
Measured: Surveys were collected at the baseline
Body mass index
Anthropometric data (height, weight) were directly measured by trained interviewers according to standardized procedures using scale and stadiometer. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using the formula weight (kg)/height2 (m2); and classified according to the World Health Organization BMI classification
Measured: BMI was assessed at the baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Feb 2022
- Study start1 Mar 2019
- Primary completion30 Nov 2019
- Study completion31 Aug 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (57)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Physical InactivityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Olga Lucia Sarmiento
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital de San Jose, University of California, Los Angeles, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Olga Lucia Sarmiento, University of Los Andes, Columbia
- Investigators
- Olga Lucía Sarmiento, PhD, Principal investigator, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05252780
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- P20CA217199-9492018
- Other IDs
- P20CA217199
- Status last verified
- Feb 2022
- First submitted
- 7 Dec 2021
- Last updated
- 23 Feb 2022
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):1736-1788. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7. Epub 2018 Nov 8.
PubMed 30496103Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018 Nov;68(6):394-424. doi: 10.3322/caac.21492. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
PubMed 30207593Torre LA, Bray F, Siegel RL, Ferlay J, Lortet-Tieulent J, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics, 2012. CA Cancer J Clin. 2015 Mar;65(2):87-108. doi: 10.3322/caac.21262. Epub 2015 Feb 4.
PubMed 25651787Pardo Ramos C, Cendales Duarte R. Incidencia, Mortalidad y Prevalencia de Cáncer En Colombia 2007-2011.; 2011.
María Isabel Calderón Cortés, Ospino MCO, Gianna María Henriquez Mendoza, Molina CÁ. Boletín legislativo & político. Salud Pública del Inst Nac Cancerol. Published online 2018:23.
Allemani C, Matsuda T, Di Carlo V, Harewood R, Matz M, Niksic M, Bonaventure A, Valkov M, Johnson CJ, Esteve J, Ogunbiyi OJ, Azevedo E Silva G, Chen WQ, Eser S, Engholm G, Stiller CA, Monnereau A, Woods RR, Visser O, Lim GH, Aitken J, Weir HK, Coleman MP; CONCORD Working Group. Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries. Lancet. 2018 Mar 17;391(10125):1023-1075. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33326-3. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
PubMed 29395269Battaglini CL, Mills RC, Phillips BL, Lee JT, Story CE, Nascimento MG, Hackney AC. Twenty-five years of research on the effects of exercise training in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the literature. World J Clin Oncol. 2014 May 10;5(2):177-90. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i2.177.
PubMed 24829866Basen-Engquist K, Alfano CM, Maitin-Shepard M, Thomson CA, Schmitz KH, Pinto BM, Stein K, Zucker DS, Syrjala KL, Fallon E, Doyle C, Demark-Wahnefried W. Agenda for Translating Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Weight Management Interventions for Cancer Survivors into Clinical and Community Practice. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov;25 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S9-S22. doi: 10.1002/oby.22031.
PubMed 29086526Thompson PD, Arena R, Riebe D, Pescatello LS; American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's new preparticipation health screening recommendations from ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription, ninth edition. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2013 Jul-Aug;12(4):215-7. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31829a68cf. No abstract available.
PubMed 23851406Department of Health & Human Services. 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee Scientific Report.; 2018.
Mason C, Alfano CM, Smith AW, Wang CY, Neuhouser ML, Duggan C, Bernstein L, Baumgartner KB, Baumgartner RN, Ballard-Barbash R, McTiernan A. Long-term physical activity trends in breast cancer survivors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2013 Jun;22(6):1153-61. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0141. Epub 2013 Apr 10.
PubMed 23576689Underwood JM, Townsend JS, Stewart SL, Buchannan N, Ekwueme DU, Hawkins NA, Li J, Peaker B, Pollack LA, Richards TB, Rim SH, Rohan EA, Sabatino SA, Smith JL, Tai E, Townsend GA, White A, Fairley TL; Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Surveillance of demographic characteristics and health behaviors among adult cancer survivors--Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2009. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2012 Jan 20;61(1):1-23.
PubMed 22258477Fong AJ, Jones JM, Faulkner G, Sabiston CM. Exploring cancer centres for physical activity and sedentary behaviour support for breast cancer survivors. Curr Oncol. 2018 Oct;25(5):e365-e372. doi: 10.3747/co.25.3858. Epub 2018 Oct 31.
PubMed 30464686Coletta AM, Marquez G, Thomas P, Thoman W, Bevers T, Brewster AM, Hawk E, Basen-Engquist K, Gilchrist SC. Clinical factors associated with adherence to aerobic and resistance physical activity guidelines among cancer prevention patients and survivors. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 1;14(8):e0220814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220814. eCollection 2019.
PubMed 31369653Ministerio de Salud. RESUMEN EJECUTIVO Primeros resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional en Colombia ENSIN - 2015. Published online 2015:64. http://www.ensin.gov.co/Documents/Resumen-ejecutivo-ENSIN-2015.pdf
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Feb 2022. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- "My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice": a Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in Physical Activity in a Middle-income Country
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05252780
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- P20CA217199-9492018
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Breast Cancer
- Keywords
- Breast cancer survivors, Physical activity, Behavior change intervention, Community-based program, Mixed-methods assessment, Middle-income setting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 64 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Olga Lucia SarmientoUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Stanford University, Universidad Manuela Beltrán, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Hospital de San Jose, University of California, Los Angeles, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Study start
- 1 Mar 2019 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Nov 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Aug 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 23 Feb 2022 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Interventions to promote physical activity among women breast cancer survivors (BCS) in low to middle-income countries are limited. We conducted a study to assess the acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of an 8-week, 3 times/week group dance intervention for BCS delivered in Bogotá, Colombia. The effect of the intervention on participants' physical activity levels, motivation to engage in physical activity, and quality of life were evaluated, and interviews were thematically analyzed to assess program acceptability.
Detailed description
This is a quasi-experimental study with a control group and an intervention group.
The study population are patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of breast cancer who have received management and are currently in remission phase (more than 1 year after finishing management with chemotherapy and radiotherapy) and who do not report having any medical contraindication for the practice of physical activity (angina, acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, arterial hypertension and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, severe lymphedema). The control group will be patients who attend their medical check-ups at the National Cancer Institute of Colombia and the intervention group will be patients who are cared for by units of the Bogotá's medical service. It will have the written approval of the ethics committee of the respective hospitals.
Being an exploratory study that investigates the acceptability and main motivations for attending physical activity sessions on a regular basis, it is considered that a sample of 30 people in the control group and 30 people in the intervention group could provide the necessary information to have in mind to develop studies with more significant sample sizes in the future.
For 8 weeks the intervention group will be offered 24 classes of musicalized directed physical activity (through a training protocol adapted for patients with this underlying pathology), and 8 craft workshops, to be held in the same space as the physical activity sessions. Additionally, at the same time, healthy habits will be promoted with the control group through text messages during 8 weeks, with a two workshops (at the beginning and the end of this period). The classes and workshops will be held at the facilities of the health provider institution in a place that guarantees the privacy of the participants.
For the recruitment of patients in the intervention group, women who were diagnosed with altered BI-RADS will be contacted by telephone. For the recruitment of patients from the control group, the head nurse who coordinates the follow-up program for breast cancer patients will be asked to invite the women in the study to participate. Additionally, all invited patients will receive the information through an attached information sheet.
Before the start of the intervention and after it, the following measurements will be made:
- The questionnaires include questions about sociodemographic data, medical information, quality of life, general state of health, optimism and pessimism about life, anxiety and depression, perception of fatigue, knowledge about physical activity, self-efficacy in physical activity and social support for the practice of physical activity. These questionnaires will be administered by pollsters trained and registered through the Qualtrics application. These questionnaires will be applied by trained interviewers in a personal meeting in both health centers, in a space that ensures the confidentiality and security of the information.
- Objective measurements that include levels of physical activity by accelerometry and body composition by bio-impedance. These measurements will be carried out by a professional in Respiratory Therapy in the facilities of the institution that provides services where the women have been recruited, as appropriate control group or intervention group. The research team will provide the transportation service to take the participants to the facilities. To guarantee the physical safety of the people who participate, there will be a person certified in life support, who will ensure that the participant who requires entering in the most efficient way to the health system. It is worth clarifying that all study participants will have affiliation to a Health Promoting Entity through which they attend their oncology controls, and additionally, the research group will have a medical insurance policy for the patients who participate in the intervention to cover any event that may arise during it.
- Collection of qualitative information through focus groups led by an anthropology professional to explore what breast cancer survivors look for in a physical activity program and the main motivations and barriers to attending said program and its acceptability. In addition, information will be collected through interviews with experts who work in health promotion, disease prevention, and cancer patient management to identify those factors that are important to be able to articulate the recreation sector with the health sector in the implementation of a targeted physical activity program for breast cancer survivors. Approximately 10 to 15 interviews will be carried out according to the saturation of the information; the recruitment of these experts will be done through snowball sampling where an expert will refer to contacts related to this topic.
Statistical analyzes will be carried out with SPSS and SAS, an ANOVA analysis of variance, Kruskal-Wallis and McNemar's tests of repeated measures will be carried out to establish the change in the results before and after the intervention. To support the analysis of qualitative data from both the focus groups and the interviews, the NVIVO12 software will be used.
Participants will receive the aggregated results of the general study ensuring confidentiality. Additionally, the participants will receive individually the results of the anthropometric tests and stress tests so that they know their physical condition; those who find a level of risk of coronary heart disease will be explicitly suggested to consult a specialist doctor through their insurer.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | Behavioral: My Body, My Rhythm, My VoiceMy Body, My Rhythm, My Voice |
| Control group | No intervention | –No intervention |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- BCS at least six months post treatment completion
- More than 18 years of age
- Living in Bogotá
- Willing to attend the program and the assessments
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- The presence of metastatic disease and other health conditions for which community physical activity was contraindicated
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| My Body, My Rhythm, My VoiceAlso: My BodyMy Body was a behavioral intervention informed by the social cognitive and self-determination theories. Based on the discussions and a systematic review of the literature, we designed the 8-week, 3 times/week rumba physical activity intervention. The goal of the intervention was to gradually increase all participants' physical activity levels to achieve significant health benefits. As part of the physical activity intervention, participants were also taught by their instructor during each class how to utilize behavioral and cognitive self-regulatory skills to increase and maintain their physical activity participation. Examples of such skills were action planning, coping planning, counter conditioning, self-evaluation, among others. | Behavioural | Intervention group |
Primary outcome
Change in participants' physical activity levels
Time frame: Physical activity levels were assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
To assess the change from baseline participants' physical activity levels at 8 weeks, participants wore accelerometers for 7 consecutive days from awakening to bedtime using an elasticized belt around the waist at the right mid-axillary line. For wear-time validation, a minimum of four weekdays and a weekend day with at least 10 hours of wear during the waking time was required. Accelerometers were initialized to collect data at a sampling frequency of 80 Hz, downloaded in one-second epochs and grouped in 60-second epochs for analysis.
Change in participants' motivation to engage in physical activity
Time frame: Motivational regulation for physical activity was assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
To assess the change from baseline participants´ motivational regulation for physical activity at 8 weeks, we used the validated Spanish version of the Behavioral Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 [BREQ-3], a 23-item inventory assessing the Self-Determination Theory relevant constructs (which conceptualizes motivation as a continuum ranging from amotivation to a high level of intrinsic motivation). Responses to each item were reported on a 5-point scale ranging from 0 (not true for me) to 4 (very true for me).
Change in participants' quality of life
Time frame: Quality of life was assessed at baseline and after the 8th week
To assess the change of quality of life, we used the official Colombian Spanish translation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire. It incorporates five functioning subscales, three symptom subscales, six single symptoms, an item for illness-related financial difficulties, and a two-item general health/global QoL subscale. Each item was reported on a 4-point scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much), except for the general health subscale, which response options range from 1 (very poor) to 7 (excellent). High scores on the functioning subscales and the global health status/QoL subscale represent higher quality of life, while high scores on the symptom subscales indicate high levels of symptomatology. We also used a subscale of the EORTC questionnaire specific to breast cancer patients regarding physical symptoms for lymphedema; it comprises seven items with responses also ranging from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much).
Acceptability of My Body
Time frame: Semi-structured interviews were conducted after the 8th week
We used a semi-structured interviewing technique to ensure in-depth insights about BCS' perspectives towards physical activity, their anticipated and actual experienced barriers and facilitators to engage in the physical activity intervention, their expected and reported benefits from the physical activity intervention, and the perceived positive and negative aspects of the program.
2 secondary outcomes
Sociodemographic variables
Time frame: Surveys were collected at the baseline
Body mass index
Time frame: BMI was assessed at the baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Feb 2022.
- Background: PubMed 30496103GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators. Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018 Nov 10;392(10159):1736-1788. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7. Epub 2018 Nov 8.
- Background: PubMed 30207593Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018 Nov;68(6):394-424. doi: 10.3322/caac.21492. Epub 2018 Sep 12.
- Background: PubMed 25651787Torre LA, Bray F, Siegel RL, Ferlay J, Lortet-Tieulent J, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics, 2012. CA Cancer J Clin. 2015 Mar;65(2):87-108. doi: 10.3322/caac.21262. Epub 2015 Feb 4.
- BackgroundPardo Ramos C, Cendales Duarte R. Incidencia, Mortalidad y Prevalencia de Cáncer En Colombia 2007-2011.; 2011.
- BackgroundMaría Isabel Calderón Cortés, Ospino MCO, Gianna María Henriquez Mendoza, Molina CÁ. Boletín legislativo & político. Salud Pública del Inst Nac Cancerol. Published online 2018:23.
- Background: PubMed 29395269Allemani C, Matsuda T, Di Carlo V, Harewood R, Matz M, Niksic M, Bonaventure A, Valkov M, Johnson CJ, Esteve J, Ogunbiyi OJ, Azevedo E Silva G, Chen WQ, Eser S, Engholm G, Stiller CA, Monnereau A, Woods RR, Visser O, Lim GH, Aitken J, Weir HK, Coleman MP; CONCORD Working Group. Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries. Lancet. 2018 Mar 17;391(10125):1023-1075. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33326-3. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
- Background: PubMed 24829866Battaglini CL, Mills RC, Phillips BL, Lee JT, Story CE, Nascimento MG, Hackney AC. Twenty-five years of research on the effects of exercise training in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review of the literature. World J Clin Oncol. 2014 May 10;5(2):177-90. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v5.i2.177.
- Background: PubMed 29086526Basen-Engquist K, Alfano CM, Maitin-Shepard M, Thomson CA, Schmitz KH, Pinto BM, Stein K, Zucker DS, Syrjala KL, Fallon E, Doyle C, Demark-Wahnefried W. Agenda for Translating Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Weight Management Interventions for Cancer Survivors into Clinical and Community Practice. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Nov;25 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S9-S22. doi: 10.1002/oby.22031.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Olga Lucía Sarmiento, PhD principal investigator
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice in people with Physical Inactivity and Breast Cancer, run by Olga Lucia Sarmiento at 1 site in Colombia.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Feb 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Colombia. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in participants' physical activity levels (time frame: Physical activity levels were assessed at baseline and after the 8th week). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05252780, which also lists 57 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 23 Feb 2022; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.