NCT00519545

Prayer as a Possible Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer

Prayer as a Possible Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer - A Randomized Partially Blinded Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effect of Prayer on Humoral and Biochemical Parameters in Stage I-IV Breast Cancer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Southwestern Regional Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 21 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to help determine the biochemical mechanisms underlying previously demonstrated health benefits of prayer, and to track humoral changes in various prayer activities.

Detailed description

The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate certain biological mechanisms that may underlie the beneficial effects seen among cancer patients who pray. It will evaluate the effect of prayer on humoral (including biochemical/physiological inflammatory/immune) parameters, monitor changes in cancer related biomarkers and evaluate the effect of prayer on blood pressure, quality of life, health and dietary habits in relation to prayer activities, using validated questionnaires.

Conditions

• Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prayer	Data collection on physiological biomarkers

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-03-01
• Primary completion: 2012-01-01
• Completion: 2012-01-01
• First posted: 2007-08-22
• Last updated: 2012-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States