Iyengar Yoga for Chemotherapy-induced Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients (IFaB)

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Breast Neoplasms; Fatigue

Treatments: Behavioral: Iyengar Yoga; Behavioral: Walking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01686737

2012210

Details and patient eligibility

About

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer in women and is associated with profound restrictions of health-related quality of life and psychosocial health. More than three-quarters of women with breast cancer suffer from fatigue during cancer treatment. While exercise interventions can improve fatigue in breast cancer patients, many patients request complementary treatment approaches. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of yoga in women with breast cancer compared to aerobic exercise and usual care.

It is hypothesized that yoga is more effective than usual care and equally effective as aerobic exercise.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• non-metastatic invasive breast cancer
• currently receiving adjuvant chemotherapy
• moderate to severe chemotherapy-induced fatigue
• physical and cognitive capacity to participate in yoga or walking

Exclusion criteria

• diagnosed and pharmacologically treated psychiatric disorder except depressive adaptation disorder as a reaction to cancer diagnosis
• ECOG status > 1
• prior malignancy with a disease-free survival < 10 years except curatively treated basalioma of the skin and carcinoma in situ of the cervix
• prior ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) ot the breast
• pregnancy or breastfeeding
• regular practice of yoga or walking during the past 12 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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0 participants in 3 patient groups

Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Iyengar Yoga * 12 weeks of Iyengar yoga * 2 weekly sessions of 60 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Iyengar Yoga

Aerobic exercise

Active Comparator group

Description:

Walking * 12 weeks of walking * 2 weekly sessions of 60 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Walking

Usual Care

No Intervention group