Yoga for Solid Tumor

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Solid Tumor, Adult

Treatments: Behavioral: Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03728205

UPCC 13918

831417 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the effect of yoga interventions on radiation-related fatigue, and stress in cancer patients with stage I and II solid tumors.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Stage I and II Cancer patients with solid tumors undergoing RT for 4-8 weeks (external beam radiation).

2. Patients of age >18, and all races will be included in the study.

3. All patients must sign an informed consent form approved for this purpose by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the University of Pennsylvania.

4. Patients must be English speaking.

5. Patients must be able to attend the schedule classes.

   Exclusion Criteria:

6. Patients with medical restrictions that may interfere with or prevent them from taking part in the yoga interventions per their physician orders.

7. Patients with metastatic disease.

8. Active smokers. Smoking may interfere with relaxation and breathing modalities of the yoga interventions. (Self-reporting smokers that have been smoke free for 6 months may be included)

9. Patients who currently practice or have recently practiced yoga (had not taken a yoga class on a regular bases in the last 6 months).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Observational

Experimental group

Description:

All 10 pilot subjects will be taking yoga

Treatment:

Behavioral: Yoga