PMID- 23957716 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140821 LR - 20220311 IS - 1651-226X (Electronic) IS - 0284-186X (Linking) VI - 53 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Jan TI - Safety and efficacy of aerobic training in operable breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a phase II randomized trial. PG - 65-74 LID - 10.3109/0284186X.2013.781673 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of moderate-to-high intensity aerobic training in breast cancer patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy. METHODS: Twenty patients with stage IIB-IIIC operable breast cancer were randomly assigned to receive doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide (AC) or AC in combination with aerobic training (AC + AET) (n = 10/group) for 12 weeks. The AC+ AET group performed three supervised aerobic cycle ergometry sessions per week at 60%-100% of exercise capacity (VO2peak). Safety outcomes included exercise testing as well as treatment- and exercise training-related adverse events (AEs), whereas efficacy outcomes included cardiopulmonary function and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as measured by a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Breast (FACT-B) scale. RESULTS: Twelve non-significant ECG abnormalities and three non-life threatening events occurred during CPET procedures. One AE was reported during aerobic training. There were no significant between group differences for clinician-documented events (e.g. pain, nausea) or hematological parameters (p's > 0.05). Attendance and adherence rates to aerobic training were 82% and 66%, respectively. Intention-to-treat analysis indicated that VO2peak increased by 2.6 +/- 3.5 ml/kg/min (+ 13.3%) in the AC + AET group and decreased by 1.5 +/- 2.2 ml/kg/min (-8.6%) in the AC group (between group difference, p = 0.001). FACT-B increased 11.1 points in the AC + AET group compared to a 1.5 point decrease in the AC group (between group difference, p = 0.685). CONCLUSION: Moderate-to-high intensity aerobic training when conducted with one-on-one supervision is a safe adjunct therapy associated with improvements in cardiopulmonary function and select PROs during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. FAU - Hornsby, Whitney E AU - Hornsby WE AD - Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina , USA. FAU - Douglas, Pamela S AU - Douglas PS FAU - West, Miranda J AU - West MJ FAU - Kenjale, Aarti A AU - Kenjale AA FAU - Lane, Amy R AU - Lane AR FAU - Schwitzer, Emily R AU - Schwitzer ER FAU - Ray, Kaitlin A AU - Ray KA FAU - Herndon, James E 2nd AU - Herndon JE 2nd FAU - Coan, April AU - Coan A FAU - Gutierrez, Antonio AU - Gutierrez A FAU - Hornsby, Kyle P AU - Hornsby KP FAU - Hamilton, Erika AU - Hamilton E FAU - Wilke, Lee G AU - Wilke LG FAU - Kimmick, Gretchen G AU - Kimmick GG FAU - Peppercorn, Jeffrey M AU - Peppercorn JM FAU - Jones, Lee W AU - Jones LW LA - eng GR - CA133895/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA138634/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA142566/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA143254/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA164751/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130819 PL - Sweden TA - Acta Oncol JT - Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) JID - 8709065 RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - 8N3DW7272P (Cyclophosphamide) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*therapeutic use MH - Breast Neoplasms/pathology/*therapy MH - Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology/*therapy MH - Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology/*therapy MH - Chemotherapy, Adjuvant MH - Combined Modality Therapy MH - Cyclophosphamide/administration & dosage MH - Doxorubicin/administration & dosage MH - Exercise Test MH - *Exercise Therapy MH - Female MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - Humans MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoadjuvant Therapy MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Prognosis MH - Safety EDAT- 2013/08/21 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/22 06:00 CRDT- 2013/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/0284186X.2013.781673 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Oncol. 2014 Jan;53(1):65-74. doi: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.781673. Epub 2013 Aug 19.