Efficacy Of An Inpatient Yoga Therapy Program For Cancer Patients
ConditionCancer
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorM.D. Anderson Cancer Center
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to learn whether a yoga therapy program can improve quality of life and reduce symptoms in people undergoing stem cell transplantation compared with an enhanced standard care physical activity program.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Male and female cancer patients
Age 18 or older
Understand and read English
Scheduled to undergo their first autologous or allogeneic HSCT (even number of each) at MDA with a minimum of 2-week inpatient hospital stay
Disqualifiers
Have extreme mobility issues that preclude participating in the Yoga program
Have major thought disorders such as schizophrenia or uncontrolled bipolar disorder
Have hematopoietic cell transplantation HCT comorbidity score of 3 or higher (excluding cancer)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Yoga Therapy (YT)
Treatment groups
300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Lead sponsor
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov