NCT01234805

Yoga Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Brain Tumors

Yoga and Brain Cancer: A Feasibility Study

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This clinical trial studies yoga therapy in treating patients with malignant brain tumors. Yoga therapy may improve the quality of life of patients with brain tumors

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To estimate the participation rate, accrual, adherence, and retention to a yoga trial in patients with malignant brain tumors. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To obtain estimates of the variability of self-reported fatigue, distress (i.e., depression, anxiety), sleep disturbance, cognitive function, and health-related quality of life from baseline to the end of the intervention at 6 (post-onsite intervention) and 12 weeks (post-full intervention). II. To obtain preliminary estimates of the efficacy of a yoga intervention in patients with malignant brain tumors on the outcomes of fatigue, distress, and cognitive function. III. To standardize the cancer-specific yoga protocol for use with brain tumor patients. OUTLINE: Patients participate in yoga classes comprising postures, deep relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation twice weekly for 75 minutes during weeks 1-6. Patients then practice yoga at home twice weekly for 45 minutes during weeks 7-12. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up periodically for 4-5 months.

Conditions

• Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma
• Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma
• Adult Anaplastic Meningioma
• Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
• Adult Brain Stem Glioma
• Adult Choroid Plexus Tumor
• Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma
• Adult Ependymoblastoma
• Adult Ependymoma
• Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma
• Adult Glioblastoma
• Adult Gliosarcoma
• Adult Grade II Meningioma
• Adult Medulloblastoma
• Adult Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma
• Adult Mixed Glioma
• Adult Oligodendroglioma
• Adult Papillary Meningioma
• Adult Pineal Gland Astrocytoma
• Adult Pineoblastoma
• Adult Pineocytoma
• Adult Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
• Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	yoga therapy	Participates in yoga classes and yoga at home
OTHER	questionnaire administration	Ancillary studies
PROCEDURE	quality-of-life assessment	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-12-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2012-09-01
• First posted: 2010-11-04
• Last updated: 2018-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States