Moores Cancer Center Recruiting for Four Breast Cancer Clinical Trials

The ENERGY Study – Exercise and Nutrition to Enhance Recovery and Good Health for You – explores the role of diet and exercise in female breast cancer survivors who are at risk for recurrence.

  • 4-year study
  • 21 years of age or older
  • Overweight
  • Diagnosed with Stage I-III breast cancer within the previous 5 years and have completed their initial treatment
  • Willing and able to attend group meetings and maintain contact with investigators for two years
  • Able to be physically active
  • NOT currently enrolled in another nutrition or weight loss study

For more Information on ENERGY, please contact 858-822-2779 or hbarkai@ucsd.edu or visit http://energytrial.ucsd.edu

The REACH FOR HEALTH Study is testing how the treatments of lifestyle intervention and the drug called metformin, which is used to treat diabetes, affect breast cancer survival.

  • 6-month study
  • Overweight
  • Diagnosed with Stage I-IIIA
  • Not scheduled for or currently undergoing chemotherapy
  • Able to communicate dietary and physical activity data via telephone
  • If taking statins, tamoxifen, or aromatase inhibitors; able and willing to remain on treatment for 6-month study period

For more detailed information on participating in REACH FOR HEALTH, call 858-822-6799 or contact Jesica Oratowski Coleman at joratowski@ucsd.edu.

STUDY DETAILS for THOSE ‘AT RISK’ (never had breast cancer)

The HELP Study – Health Eating & Living Program for Weight Control – aims to reduce breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women through lifestyle change, using Internet-enhanced telephone counseling intervention.

  • 2-year study
  • Women between the ages of 45 to 70
  • Overweight
  • Want to increase their physical activity and improve their diet
  • Must have high-speed Internet access

For more information on participating in the HELP Study, contact 858-822-2895, healthyeating@ucsd.edu or visit http://www.healthyeatingucsd.org

The MENU Study – Metabolism, Exercise and Nutrition – examining the difference between three diets of differing composition on weight loss and cancer biomarkers.

  • 1-year study
  • Healthy, overweight women 
  • Over 21 years of age
  • BMI (body mass index) higher than 30, less than 40
  • Willing and able to participate in clinic visits, group sessions, and telephone and Internet communications at specified intervals
  • Able to provide data through questionnaires and by telephone
  • Willing to allow blood collections
  • No known allergy to tree nuts
  • Able to be physically active

For more information on the MENU study please contact Elizabeth Quitana, MS, RD at 858-822-6162, elquintana@ucsd.edu

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