Mindfulness-based Intervention for Teenagers With Cancer

St. Justine's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01783418

3550

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a mindfulness-based meditation intervention on quality of life, sleep and mood in adolescents with cancer compared to a control group.

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Teenagers (ages 12-18) with cancer

Exclusion criteria

• No ongoing or lifetime severe psychopathology, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, delusional disorders or organic mental disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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15 participants in 2 patient groups

Mindfulness intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Intervention

Wait-list control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Intervention