NCT03528863

Web-based Mindfulness Meditation in Reducing Distress in Participants With Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Caregivers

Being Present 2.0: Web-Based Mindfulness Meditation for Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients and Caregivers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This trial studies how well web-based mindfulness meditation works in reducing distress in both participants with gastrointestinal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, and their caregivers. Web-based mindfulness meditation, which uses audio exercises and interactive webinars taught by trained meditation instructors, may help participants with GI cancer and their caregivers reduce distress and improve their quality of life.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To determine the feasibility and acceptability of an 8-week web-based mindfulness meditation program with live webinars among patients with a metastatic gastrointestinal (GI) cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Estimate the efficacy of an 8-week web-based mindfulness meditation program with live webinars among patients with a metastatic GI cancer receiving chemotherapy and their caregivers. OUTLINE: Participants practice with web-based mindfulness meditation over 10-15 minute guided audio sessions for 5 days a week for 8 weeks. Participants also attend meditation webinars over 60 minutes once a week, for 8 weeks. After completion of study, participants are followed up at 8 weeks.

Conditions

• Caregiver
• Metastatic Gastrointestinal Carcinoma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Online Mindfulness Meditation	Receive web-based mindfulness meditation
OTHER	Questionnaire Administration	Ancillary studies

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-07
• Primary completion: 2019-10-31
• Completion: 2019-10-31
• First posted: 2018-05-18
• Last updated: 2020-10-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States