Every Day Counts: A Lifestyle Program for Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

NCT ID: NCT03824145

Last Updated: 2025-04-27

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

176 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-01

Study Completion Date

2027-02-01

Brief Summary

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This multi-site study is being conducted to examine dietary and activity patterns, body composition, blood and quality of life in breast cancer patients. The study will recruit 176 women with MBC in Milwaukee (n=88) and Chicago (n=88).

Detailed Description

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Aims/Objectives

Aim 1. To examine the efficacy of the Every Day Counts intervention in producing significant post-intervention changes in multidimensional QOL in women with MBC.

Hypothesis 1: Women randomized to the immediate EDC intervention (n=88) will exhibit greater improvements in multidimensional QOL compared to women randomized to the attention control (n=88).

Aim 2. To investigate the mechanistic effects of the Every Day Counts intervention on body composition, adipokines, serum biomarkers of inflammation and insulin sensitivity.

Hypothesis 2: The EDC intervention leads to improved QOL through mediating factors including body composition, prognostic serum biomarkers of inflammation and/or insulin resistance.

Exploratory Aim 3: To explore if microRNA (miRNA) signatures associated with inflammation and/or Metabolomics are altered with the EDC intervention.

Hypothesis: miRNAs identified in our pilot study (miR-10a-5p, miR-205-5p, and miR-211-5p) that regulate inflammation and/or Metabolomics will be related to QOL improvements and can identify women more likely to respond to lifestyle changes.

Conditions

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Metastatic Breast Cancer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Attention Control
Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Immediate Intervention

The experimental arm will receive a 16-week lifestyle intervention that promotes nutritional and physical activity changes concordant with those contained in the ACS nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer survivors. The 16-week intervention includes:

1\) a curriculum binder covering weekly topics and including self-monitoring tools to support adherence; 2) lifestyle coaching for 16-weeks, with in-person or virtual supervised exercise sessions and telephone-based sessions; 3) exercise supplies (Fitbit, resistance bands), 4) twice weekly text messaging targeting self-efficacy and social support; and 5) attendance to cooking classes emphasizing plant-based eating.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The lifestyle intervention is a 16-week cognitive-behavioral intervention that addresses key changes in diet and PA behaviors to promote positive body composition changes.

Attention Control

The attention control participants will receive a home/work organization intervention:

* Participants will receive a book with overview of home/work organization program with 16 weekly topics with an overview of each chapter.
* Virtual or weekly phone calls- with a home organization coach with standard prompts.
* Text messages supporting home/work organization.

Following completion of the attention control home/work organization program and 16-week assessment, women will receive the lifestyle program.

Group Type OTHER

Attention Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The attention control participants will receive a home/work organization intervention:

Following completion of the attention control home/work organization program and 16-week assessment, women will receive the lifestyle program.

Interventions

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Lifestyle Intervention

The lifestyle intervention is a 16-week cognitive-behavioral intervention that addresses key changes in diet and PA behaviors to promote positive body composition changes.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Attention Control

The attention control participants will receive a home/work organization intervention:

Following completion of the attention control home/work organization program and 16-week assessment, women will receive the lifestyle program.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult (≥ 18 years), female
* Confirmed Metastatic Breast Cancer
* Patients clinically stable with treated brain metastases are eligible
* Written documentation from their oncologist permitting study participation
* Determined to be "clinically stable" by their medical oncologist (i.e., no unintentional weight loss, no new symptoms or change in performance status for the past 4 weeks, no clinical \[including laboratory\] or radiologic evidence of disease progression, no recent or planned change in anti-neoplastic therapies, no reports of severe pain \[≥ Grade 3 per the NCI CTCAE)
* Life expectancy \>6 months

-Written documentation from their oncologist permitting study participation
* Access to a mobile phone
* Understand/speak English fluently.
* Non-adherence to ACS nutritional or PA guidelines for cancer survivors as documented by questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

* Does not meet the above criteria.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Loyola University Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical College of Wisconsin

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Melinda Stolley

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Melinda Stolley, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigator

Locations

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Loyola University

Maywood, Illinois, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Kathleen OConnell, MSW

Role: CONTACT

414-955-2114

Facility Contacts

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Patricia Sheean, PhD

Role: primary

708-216-0344

Paula O'Connor, MD

Role: backup

708-216-4964

Kathleen O'Connell, MSW

Role: primary

414-955-2114

Other Identifiers

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27600

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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