NCT01985945

Yoga for Breast Cancer

A Randomized Study of the Effect of Yoga in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of Eischens yoga for 8 weeks in one cohort of 20 women with stage I and II breast cancer receiving radiation therapy treatment, while a second cohort of the same type of and number of patients who, instead of yoga will receive standard supportive therapy, Questionnaire measuring cancer-related quality of life (FACT-G instrument) and fatigue (Brief Fatique Inventory) will be given to patients at several points.

Conditions

• Women With Stage I or II Breast Cancer Undergoing Active Radiation Therapy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Yoga

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-03-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-12-31
• First posted: 2013-11-18
• Last updated: 2020-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States