Setting and participants
illness or disorder
RECRUITMENT, BONE METASTASES
The research design was a prospective single-arm study. Women with histologically confirmed stage III or IV epithelial OC who completed first-line surgical and chemotherapy treatment between four and 12 weeks prior to participation were eligible. Participants were recruited from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and St John of God Hospital, Subiaco, in Perth, Western Australia. Exclusion criteria were (1) age younger than 18 years, (2) participation in a structured, progressive resistance exercise program two or more times/week in the previous 3 months, (3) inability to understand and speak English, (4) inability to obtain approval from the treating medical oncologist or general practitioner, (5) on 10 mg or more per day of prednisolone (or equivalent of other steroid medication within 4 weeks of starting the study), (6) on any experimental anti-cancer therapy during or within 8 weeks of starting the study, (7) for patients on olaparib—needing a blood transfusion within the first 8 weeks of starting olaparib, (8) existing or suspected bone metastases, and (9) any illness or disorder that could put participants at risk during exercise testing or exercise training, as determined by their specialist or general practitioner. Potentially eligible women were screened for eligibility by phone, and a recruitment pack was mailed to eligible participants.