CompletedNot Applicable

Rehabilitation Through Hippotherapy for the Management of Women After Primary Treatment of Breast Cancer

France83 participantsStarted 2017-04-20

Plain-language summary

Breast cancer is the most common women's cancer and the third leading cause of death. Advances in prevention, detection and primary treatment have improved overall survival leading to its growing acceptance as a long-term disease. Following the announcement of breast cancer, but also after primary treatment, some symptoms appear directly compromising psychic and physical spheres. Hippotherapy is an emerging specialized rehabilitation approach performed through specially trained horses by accredited health professionals. The proposed hippotherapy program offers key elements for physical, psychic and social reinforcement, complementing conventional care. The aim is to provide patients with tools to consolidate their self-awareness and thus strengthen their ability to cope with the disease.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 80 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Confirmed histological diagnosis of breast cancer staging \[T1-T3, N0-N2 and M0\] * Patient already scheduled or ongoing treatment for surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or hormone therapy and/or radiotherapy * Having consulted a physician of the Care and Support Unit of the MIS during its health care * WHO performance index from 0 to 2 * Able to give her informed consent in writing * Able to complete questionnaires * Abduction of the hip necessary and sufficient (to allow horse riding) * Affiliated to a social security scheme * Certificate of no contraindication issued by the physician in charge Exclusion Criteria: * History of malignant tumors in the last 5 years with the exception of basocellular skin carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma * Breast cancer as a secondary diagnosis * Medication intake or presence of conditions associated with fatigue (e.g. chronic fatigue syndrome) * Concomitant and uncontrolled severe degenerative or chronic disease * History of allergic reactions to dust and/or horsehair, or asthma * Contraindications to physical activity * History of horseback riding or hippotherapeutic treatment during the last 6 months * Clinically significant cognitive impairment or dementia * Pregnancy and breastfeeding * Majors protected by law * Patient participating in another biomedical research or in exclusion period

What they're measuring

Change in Quality of life through EORTC QLQ-C30

Timeframe: Before the beginning of the protocol; after the first 1-week session; at the end of the last session at 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT04350398

SponsorAlliance Equiphoria

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2022-08-30