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. 2018 Feb 1;2018(2):CD012513. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012513.pub2

Bantum 2015.

Trial name or title Hula‐based exercise program in Increasing physical activity in breast, cervical, endometrial, or ovarian cancer survivors
Methods Parallel‐design, open‐label, randomised trial
Participants Women aged 21 years and older, living in Oahu, Hawaii, diagnosed with primary breast, cervical, endometrial or ovarian cancer (stage I‐III), completed initial regional and systemic breast cancer treatment at least 2 months earlier, physically capable of doing hula‐based physical activity, not currently undergoing chemo‐ or radiation therapy
Interventions Arm I: Hula‐based exercise programme consisting of warm‐up, conditioning and cool‐down over 60 minutes, twice a week and a home‐based hula practice for 10‐15 minutes, three times per week for six months
Arm II: The same hula‐based exercise programme beginning six months after study enrolment
Outcomes Primary outcome measure: feasibility of programme (compliance, satisfaction)
Secondary outcome measures: biomarkers (sex hormones, cytokines, inflammatory markers e.g. CRP, leptin, IGF‐1, IGFBP‐3), DNA methylation patterns, self‐reported physical activity, quality of life, depression, affective states, social constrains and cognitive functioning
Starting date September 2013
Contact information Erin Bantum University of Hawaii Cancer Center, USA
Notes Clinical trials.gov identifier: NCT02351479