NCT00337233

Yoga in Controlling Symptoms and Reducing Stress in Women With Ovarian Cancer or Breast Cancer

Restorative Yoga for Symptom Management and Stress Reduction in Women With Ovarian Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 120 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

RATIONALE: Yoga may improve symptoms and quality of life and reduce stress in patients with ovarian cancer or breast cancer and may help them live more comfortably. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well yoga works in controlling symptoms and reducing stress in women with ovarian cancer or breast cancer.

Detailed description

OBJECTIVES: * Determine the feasibility of implementing a restorative yoga intervention as a complementary supportive therapy for women with ovarian or breast cancer. * Measure changes in fatigue, psychosocial distress (anxiety, depression), psychological well-being (positive emotions), and overall quality of life from baseline to completion of the study treatment. OUTLINE: This is a pilot study. Patients undergo a 75-minute restorative yoga session once a week for 10 weeks. Patients complete questionnaires regarding fatigue, psychological distress (anxiety, depression), positive affect, and quality of life at baseline, immediately after the final yoga session, and then at 2 months after the final yoga session.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer
• Fatigue
• Ovarian Cancer
• Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	yoga therapy	10 week yoga class

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-01-01
• Primary completion: 2006-11-01
• Completion: 2016-11-01
• First posted: 2006-06-15
• Last updated: 2017-05-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States