Anlan Cao1, Brenda Cartmel2,3, Fang-Yong Li2, Linda T Gottlieb2, Maura Harrigan2, Jennifer A Ligibel4, Radhika Gogoi5, Peter E Schwartz5,6, Melinda L Irwin2,3, Leah M Ferrucci2,3. 1. Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06520-8034, USA. anlan.cao@yale.edu. 2. Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06520-8034, USA. 3. Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, USA. 4. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. 5. Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA, USA. 6. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Obesity is associated with a higher risk of mortality in women with ovarian cancer. Exercise has improved body composition among cancer survivors, yet no randomized controlled trial has explored the effect of exercise on body composition in women with ovarian cancer. In this analysis, we examined the effect of a six-month aerobic exercise intervention on body composition among ovarian cancer survivors in the Women's Activity and Lifestyle Study in Connecticut (WALC). METHODS: Women with ovarian cancer (N = 144) were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to 6 months of an aerobic exercise intervention or attention-control, and body composition was measured as a secondary outcome at baseline and 6 months via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Women with at least one DEXA scan were included in the analysis (N = 103). RESULTS: On average, participants were 57.1 (± 8.7) years old and 1.6 (± 0.9) years since diagnosis. Women randomized to exercise maintained weight during the trial (- 0.11 kg, P = 0.82), while women in attention-control gained weight (+ 1.40 kg, P = 0.03); however, the between-group difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.09). We found no statistically significant differences by study arm for changes in body fat percentage, bone mineral density, or lean body mass. CONCLUSIONS: Weight was maintained as a result of a 6-month aerobic exercise intervention among post-treatment ovarian cancer survivors. Future exercise and healthy eating interventions should consider additional measures (e.g., computer tomography scans, D3-creatinine) to more accurately assess changes in body composition. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise may help ovarian cancer survivors maintain weight.
PURPOSE: Obesity is associated with a higher risk of mortality in women with ovarian cancer. Exercise has improved body composition among cancer survivors, yet no randomized controlled trial has explored the effect of exercise on body composition in women with ovarian cancer. In this analysis, we examined the effect of a six-month aerobic exercise intervention on body composition among ovarian cancer survivors in the Women's Activity and Lifestyle Study in Connecticut (WALC). METHODS: Women with ovarian cancer (N = 144) were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to 6 months of an aerobic exercise intervention or attention-control, and body composition was measured as a secondary outcome at baseline and 6 months via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Women with at least one DEXA scan were included in the analysis (N = 103). RESULTS: On average, participants were 57.1 (± 8.7) years old and 1.6 (± 0.9) years since diagnosis. Women randomized to exercise maintained weight during the trial (- 0.11 kg, P = 0.82), while women in attention-control gained weight (+ 1.40 kg, P = 0.03); however, the between-group difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.09). We found no statistically significant differences by study arm for changes in body fat percentage, bone mineral density, or lean body mass. CONCLUSIONS: Weight was maintained as a result of a 6-month aerobic exercise intervention among post-treatment ovarian cancer survivors. Future exercise and healthy eating interventions should consider additional measures (e.g., computer tomography scans, D3-creatinine) to more accurately assess changes in body composition. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: Moderate-intensity aerobic exercise may help ovarian cancer survivors maintain weight.
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