Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Breast Cancer Surgery Patients - a Pilot Study (BREHAB)

Franciscus Gasthuis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; Breast Cancer; Lifestyle; Surgery; Prehabilitation

Treatments: Behavioral: Prehabilitation and rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06076616

2022-097

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prehabilitation and rehabilitation through personalized lifestyle counseling in patients with breast cancer.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

1. Woman with a confirmed breast cancer diagnosis
2. Planned surgical treatment of breast cancer
3. Age 18 years or older
4. Provision of written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

1. Severe mental retardation, which limits the ability to follow instructions independently
2. Severe psychiatric problems, which limits the ability to follow instructions independently
3. Legal incapacity
4. Language barrier: If we cannot find a lifestyle coach who speaks the patient's language, unfortunately we cannot offer the lifestyle coaching in its entirety, and this option will be omitted for the patient.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Prehabilitation/rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this arm follow a lifestyle counseling programme starting from diagnosis up to 6 months postoperatively.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Prehabilitation and rehabilitation

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients in this arm follow usual care.