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CompletedNCT03220945

Comprehensive Yoga Program (SKY) as Adjunct Therapy for Prostate Cancer

A Comprehensive Yoga Program (SKY) as an Adjunct Therapy for Prostate Cancer - A Randomized Pilot Study

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
45 (actual)
Sponsor
Emory University · Academic / Other
Sex
Male
Age
45 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This randomized pilot trial studies the effect of comprehensive yoga program (SKY) in reducing stress, pain, and fatigue, and improving psychological well-being in patients with prostate cancer. SKY is one of the most widely used breathing techniques derived from yoga. SKY Yoga may improve quality of life in patients with prostate cancer.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine any change in pain, fatigue and psychological well-being as a result of SKY in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. II. Assess changes in some physiological parameters in response to SKY in the same subjects, compare these with those from Part 1, and assess whether these translate into clinical effects. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I (Control Group): Patients undergo collection of blood, saliva, and hair samples after signing consent (pre-test 1), within 6-8 weeks after pre-test 1 (post-test 1), and within 2-4 months after post-test 1 (post-test 2). Patients may receive yoga instruction for 1 week after post-test 2. ARM II (Yoga Group): Patients receive yoga instruction over approximately 3 hours daily for 5 days of week 1 and over 2 hours once a week of weeks 2-13. Patients also undergo collection of blood, saliva, and hair samples within 2 months prior to starting yoga instruction, within weeks 2-3, and within weeks 14-15.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHERYogaReceive yoga instruction

Timeline

Start date
2016-01-06
Primary completion
2023-04-27
Completion
2023-04-27
First posted
2017-07-18
Last updated
2024-06-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03220945. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.