Can Alternative Treatment Have an Impact on Cervical Dysplasia?

University of Copenhagen

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 4

Conditions: Cervical Dysplasia

Treatments: Other: No meditation; Behavioral: Mindfulness meditation; Other: Controls

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00842738

UP05010

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study two questions will be answered:

• can mindfulness meditation help cell-changed on the cervix to disappear?
• can mindfulness meditation lower the psychological distress when women have abnormal cervical cancer screening results?

Full description

200 women, who have participated in cervical cancer screening and have mild dysplasia, will be randomized into two groups; an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group will be asked to do mindfulness meditation twice a week listening to instructions from a CD. 200 additional women having normal cervical screening results will also be included in the project.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 23 to 29 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 23-29 years
• Participated in cervical cancer screening
• Having mild dysplasia and normal screening results

Exclusion criteria

• Women who have previously had dysplasia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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200 participants in 3 patient groups

Mindfulness meditation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Women with mild dysplasia offered mindfulness meditation

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness meditation

No meditation

Other group

Description:

Women with mild dysplasia offered health care services as usual

Treatment:

Other: No meditation

Controls

Other group

Description:

Women with normal cervical cells

Treatment:

Other: Controls