Hatha Yoga for Patients With Colorectal Cancer (YoCo)

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Colorectal Neoplasms

Treatments: Behavioral: Hatha yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01669109

12-4957-BO

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hatha Yoga is a traditional practice that encompasses aerobic exercise, breathing techniques, and meditation. It is used in India since centuries to improve well-being and cope with diseases and is gaining more and more interest in Europe and the US. While studies have demonstrated benefits of Hatha Yoga for patients with breast cancer, no studies on patients with colorectal cancer are available yet. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Hatha Yoga in patients with colorectal cancer.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Colorectal cancer
• UICC stage I-III
• between 2 and 48 months post-surgery
• age at least 18 years
• physical and cognitive ability to follow the yoga intervention

Exclusion criteria

• UICC stage IV
• further active oncological diseases
• diagnosed and pharmacologically treated psychiatric disorder except for cancer-related depression or adjustment disorder
• pregnancy or breastfeeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Hatha yoga

Experimental group

Description:

* 10 weeks of Hatha yoga, designed for patients with colorectal cancer, as a group intervention * 1 weekly class (90 minutes)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Hatha yoga

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients continue their self-directed usual care