This interventional trial recruits women with endometrial cancer to participate in high intensity interval training (HIIT) prior to their standard of care surgery. The study will evaluate tissue and blood to determine if HIIT training has anti-cancer effects. P
Primary Objectives: 1\. Determine the anti-proliferative effect of HIIT on the endometrium of women with endometrial cancer 2. Participants will undergo baseline testing, be taught how to perform personalized HIIT training prior to surgery, and repeat testing after surgery. Tissue specimens will be collected from standard of care biopsy (no extra biopsy needed) and during surgery. Blood will be collected twice during standard of care blood draws.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
High intensity interval training (4 to 6 sessions) prior to surgery
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Change in Proliferative Markers in Endometrium Before and After HIIT Exercises
Change in Ki-67 proliferation values within the HIIT intervention group between the initial biopsy and the surgical biopsy. The percentage of tumor cells that are positive for Ki-67, indicating they are in the active phases of the cell cycle (not resting). Low Ki-67 (\<10-15%): Slower-growing tumor. Intermediate (15-30%): Moderately proliferative. High (\>30%): Fast-growing, potentially more aggressive.
Time frame: 3 years
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