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NCT Number: NCT04354233

A Physical Activity Program to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Fatigue in Metastatic Breast Cancer

INTRODUCTION: Patients with a metastatic breast cancer suffer from a deteriorated quality of life and numerous symptoms such as pain, severe fatigue and a decrease of their physical fitness. As the feasibility of a physical activity program has been demonstrated in this population, ABLE02 aims to assess the efficacy of a 6 month-physical activity program based on connected devices to improve health-related quality of life and to reduce fatigue in women with metastatic breast cancer.

METHODS/ANALYSIS: ABLE02 is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled and, open-label study. 244 patients with a metastatic breast cancer , at least one positive hormone receptor and a first-line chemotherapy planned will be randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to: (i) the intervention arm to receive physical activity recommendations, an activity tracker to wear 24 hours a day during the whole intervention (6 months) with at least three walking sessions weekly and quizzes to answer each week on physical activity and nutrition (ii) the control arm to receive physical activity recommendations only. Assessments will be conducted at baseline, M3, M6, M12 and M18 to evaluate the clinical, physical, biological and psychological parameters and survival of participants. All questionnaires will be completed on a dedicated application.

DISCUSSION: An activity program based on smartphone application linked to an activity tracker may help to improve quality of life and reduce fatigue of patients with a metastatic breast cancer. The growth of e-health offers the opportunity to get real-time data as well as improving patient empowerment in order to change long-term behaviors.

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Key information

Conditions

Metastatic Breast Cancer Behavior Breast Diseases Breast Neoplasms Fatigue Motor Activity Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Skin Diseases Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

CHU Amiens, Amiens, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 1) female,
  • 2) ≥ 18 years old,
  • 3) histologically confirmed metastatic breast cancer, with at least one positive hormone receptor (HR+) and HER2-,
  • 4) first-line chemotherapy planned (or until 1 month after the chemotherapy has started) with intravenous (Paclitaxel or Doxorubicin or Cyclophosphamide or Carboplatin) or per os (Capecitabine or Vinorelbine) administration - NB : a patient who has previously received one or more lines of hormone therapy and who must start a 1st line of chemotherapy is eligible,
  • 5) Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status ≤ 2,
  • 6) life expectancy ≥ 3 months,
  • 7) willing to be involved throughout the study,
  • 8) ability to practice a adapted physical activity (APA) certified by a medical certificate issued by the referring oncologist or the clinical investigator,
  • 9) using a compatible smartphone or Tablet PC to download the application ABLE02 and Withings Health Mate (from iOS 10 and android 6.0 and more recent),
  • 10) Internet access,
  • 11) valid health insurance affiliation,
  • 12) able to read, write and understand French.

Exclusion criteria

  • 1) presence of unstable bone metastases or unconsolidated pathological fractures,
  • 2) presence of central nervous system involvement with neurological deficits that prevent from walking,
  • 3) presence of a history or co-existence of other primary cancer (except of in situ cancer regardless of the site and/or basal cell skin cancer and/or non-mammary cancer in complete remission for more than 5 years),
  • 4) severe undernutrition (HAS) (i.e. for women ≤ 70 years old: a weight loss of ≥ 15% in 6 months or ≥10% in 1 month and for women over 70 years old: a weight loss of ≥ 15% in 6 months or ≥10% in 1 month, and body mass index <18 kg/m²),
  • 5) presenting a PA contraindication (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled heart disease),
  • 6) concurrent participation in another PA study,
  • 7) unable to be followed for medical, social, family, geographical or psychological reasons throughout the study,
  • 8) deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision,
  • 9) pregnant.

Treatment and study plan

Physical activity intervention with connected devices

Device

Participants randomized in the intervention arm will receive recommandations in physical activity. They will also receive an activity tracker Withings Steel to wear during 6 months. The tracker will be connected to the "Withings Health Mate" application and the ABLE02 application. Participants will be encouraged to practice at least three walking sessions weekly of more than 10 consecutive minutes. Concerning the number of steps per day, the first objective will be determined according to the 6-min walking distance and to participants' preferences and capacities. The objective will be recalculated monthly according to the number of steps performed the previous week and will be adapted by the physical activity (PA) instructor and participants. Phone calls with the participants are regularly planned. Weekly quizzes on PA and nutrition will be proposed through the ABLE02 application. A messaging system and a phone line will be available for participants to contact the study team.

Primary outcomes

  1. time to deterioration of global health status (GHS) score of EORTC QLQ C30

    Time frame: Month 18

    Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and fatigue will be measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality Of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30). QLQ-C30 questionnaire consists of 30 items to evaluate 5 functioning domains (physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social), a global HRQoL domain, 3 symptom domains (pain, fatigue and nausea) and 6 single items (dyspnea, insomnia, anorexia, diarrhea, constipation and financial impact). Participants will answer to a Likert scale ranging from "not at all" to "very much" and from "very bad" to "excellent" only for the global HRQoL questions. All scores will be standardized to a 0 to 100 scale according to the EORTC scoring manual. Higher scores represent better functioning, better global HRQoL and greater symptom burden.

    Deterioration is defined as a 5-point decrease relative to baseline in GHS score, with no subsequent increase above this threshold.

  2. time to deterioration of fatigue score of EORTC QLQ C30

    Time frame: Month 18

    Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and fatigue will be measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality Of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30). QLQ-C30 questionnaire consists of 30 items to evaluate 5 functioning domains (physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social), a global HRQoL domain, 3 symptom domains (pain, fatigue and nausea) and 6 single items (dyspnea, insomnia, anorexia, diarrhea, constipation and financial impact). Participants will answer to a Likert scale ranging from "not at all" to "very much" and from "very bad" to "excellent" only for the global HRQoL questions. All scores will be standardized to a 0 to 100 scale according to the EORTC scoring manual. Higher scores represent better functioning, better global HRQoL and greater symptom burden.

    A deterioration of fatigue is defined as a 5-point increase relative to baseline fatigue score, with no subsequent decrease above this threshold.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall survival

    Time frame: Month 18

    Period from the date of randomization to the date of event defined as death from any cause

  2. Progression free survival

    Time frame: Month 18

    Period from the date of randomization to the date of event defined as progression of the disease or death from any cause

  3. Other dimensions of health-related quality of life of the EORTC QLQ C30

    Time frame: Baseline, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12

    Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and fatigue will be measured by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality Of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30). QLQ-C30 questionnaire consists of 30 items to evaluate 5 functioning domains (physical, role, emotional, cognitive, and social), a global HRQoL domain, 3 symptom domains (pain, fatigue and nausea) and 6 single items (dyspnea, insomnia, anorexia, diarrhea, constipation and financial impact). Participants will answer to a Likert scale ranging from "not at all" to "very much" and from "very bad" to "excellent" only for the global HRQoL questions. All scores will be standardized to a 0 to 100 scale according to the EORTC scoring manual. Higher scores represent better functioning, better global HRQoL and greater symptom burden.

    All of the secondary health-related quality of life dimensions except the global score and fatigue are evaluated.

  4. Fatigue

    Time frame: Baseline, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12

    Multidimensional aspects of fatigue will be assessed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-FA12 cancer related fatigue module. EORTC QLQ-FA12 consists of 12 items to evaluated physical, cognitive and emotional domains of cancer-related fatigue. Participants will answer to a 4-points Likert scale ranging from "not at all" to "very much". All scores will be transformed to a 0 to 100 scale and higher scores will indicate greater degree of fatigue.

  5. Proportion of patients who change their physical condition (6-min walking distance)

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    6-min walking distance

  6. Proportion of patients who change their physical condition (sit-to-stand)

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    Sit-to-stand

  7. Proportion of patients who change their physical condition (handgrip strength)

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    Handgrip strength

  8. Proportion of patients who change their weight

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    Body weight (kg)

  9. Proportion of patients who change their waist circumference

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    Waist circumference (cm)

  10. Proportion of patients who change their hip circumference

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    Hip circumference (cm)

  11. Proportion of patients who change their physical activity level

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6 and Month 12

    PA level will be measured by the Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (GSLTPAQ). The GSLTPAQ is a short validated self-administrated physical activity (PA) questionnaire which includes three main questions about frequency of low (e.g., easy walking), moderate (e.g., brisk walking), and strenuous (e.g., jogging) leisure-time PA of at least 15 minutes duration in a typical week. The total score is obtained by multiplying frequencies from mild, moderate and strenuous PA by three, five and nine metabolic equivalents respectively and adding these together. Finally this score is divided into three categories (≥ 24 units is equivalent to mild active; between 14 and 23 units is equivalent to moderately active and < 14 units is equivalent to insufficiently active).

  12. Proportion of patients who change sleep disorders

    Time frame: Change between baseline and Month 6

    Perceived sleep quality will be measured with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) evaluating seven sleep components: (1) sleep quality, (2) sleep latency, (3) sleep duration, (4) habitual sleep efficiency, (5) sleep disturbance, (6) use of sleeping medication, and (7) daytime dysfunction. Each of the seven components is rated on a Likert scale from "Not during last month" (0) to "3 or 4 times per week" (3). The total score resulting from the sum of the seven components ranges from 0 to 21, and a cut off 5 has been found to reflect clinically significant sleep disturbances.

    The quality of sleep will also be evaluated by the activity tracker based on automatic recognition of total duration of sleep, duration of deep and light sleep per night for the intervention arm only.

  13. Proportion of patients who loss muscle mass (sarcopenia)

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12 and at first progression up to Month 18

    CT scans

  14. Proportion of patients who change their dietary patterns

    Time frame: Change between baseline and Month 6

    Dietary patterns will be assessed using a qualitative food frequency questionnaire composed of 35 items. Participants will answer the question "how frequently do you consume this product" on a Likert-type scale ranging from "never or almost" to "once per day or more" (stating quantity only for the range "once per day or more"). The questionnaire will characterize the consumption of fruits, vegetables, cereals, milk, dairy products, bread, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, starches, plant fat, desserts, sweetened products, non-alcoholic beverages, cold cuts, fried food, fast foods, preprepared meals, crackers, and snacking.

  15. Proportion of patients who have severe toxicity (grade > 2)

    Time frame: Month 12

    Occurrence of severe toxicity (grade > 2) according to the National Cancer Institute's Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE)

  16. Proportion of patients who have modifications in inflammation and sarcopenia according to blood sample analysis

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12 and at first progression up to Month 18

    Two 10mL blood samples will be collected before each physical assessment and before starting chemotherapy and at 1st progression.

    The following assays will be performed on plasma for the assessment of inflammation and biomarker of sarcopenia: Myostatin, Activin, Cortisol, TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-1beta, IL-6, Follistatin, GDF5 (BMP14), IL-10, IL-15, NH3, Aminogram.

    The levels of lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils will be extracted from the data of the routine blood test.

  17. Proportion of patients who have modifications on oxidative stress according to blood sample analysis

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 3, Month 6, Month 12 and at first progression up to Month 18

    Two 10mL blood samples will be collected before each physical assessment and before starting chemotherapy and at 1st progression.

    The following assays will be performed on plasma for the assessment of oxidative stress: Advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP), malondialdehyde (MDA), Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), Xanthine oxidase (XO), and Myeloperoxidase (MPO).

  18. Proportion of patients who modify their personnality factors

    Time frame: Change between baseline and Month 6

    Based on the Five-Factor Model, personality traits will be assessed by the French Big Five Inventory questionnaire (BFI-Fr). The BFI-Fr contains 45 self-descriptive statements that assess the 5 personality traits: neuroticism (which refers to a propensity to experience negative emotions, distress, and anxiety), extraversion (a propensity to be energetic, sociable, and experience positive emotions); openness to experience (the tendency to be curious, imaginative, and to entertain new ideas, values, and experiences); conscientiousness (reflecting self-disciplined, planful, and organized); and agreeableness (which refers to cooperativeness and altruism). Each item was rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). All items will be recoded in the direction of the trait label, and the mean will be taken across items for each personality trait.

  19. Proportion of patients who modify their behaviour in association with physical activity

    Time frame: Change between baseline and Month 6

    The process of change will be evaluated by a validated scale constructs from the transtheoretical model. The process of change scale is a 22-item self-administrated questionnaire to measure eight process of change: self-reevaluation (item 4,8 and 12), reinforcement management (items 7,15 and 12), self-liberation (items 8, 16 and 22), dramatic relief (items 2 and 10), environmental reevaluation (items 3 and 11), counterconditioning (items 5, 13 and 19), helping relationships (items 6, 14 and 20) and consciousness raising (items 1, 9 and 17). Participants will answer to a Likert scale ranging from 1 (never) to 5 (very often). Items in each process of change will be added and then an average score will be calculated. When the average is ≥ 3, the process of change is activated.

  20. Proportion of patients who accept the connected device (in the intervention arm only)

    Time frame: Month 6

    Acceptability questionnaire will be assessed by a 21-item questionnaire to evaluate satisfaction concerning the use of connected devices (application, website, quizz, activity tracker).

  21. Proportion of patients who are compliant to the PA intervention (in the intervention arm only)

    Time frame: Month 6

    Performed 3 PA sessions per week

  22. Proportion of patients who modify their cognition

    Time frame: Change between baseline, Month 6 and Month 12

    The cancer-related cognitive impairment will be measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Cognition (FACT-Cog). The FACT-Cog is a validated self-administrated questionnaire in order to assess memory, attention, concentration, language, and thinking abilities. The questionnaire is composed of 37 items with four subscales: patients' perceived cognitive impairments, perceived cognitive abilities, deficits observed or commented on by others, and impact of cognitive changes on HRQoL. Participant will answer how often this situation occurred during the last 7 days on a Likert-type scale ranging from "never" to "several times a day". For both scales, higher scores indicated better perceived cognitive function.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Leon Berard

Other

Collaborators

  • Fondation ARC
  • Janssen, LP

Registry information

Official study title

A National, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of a Physical Activity Program to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Fatigue in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Acronym: ABLE02

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 21, 2020
Registry last updated
May 4, 2026

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