Mindfulness Relaxation Compared With Relaxing Music and Standard Symptom Management Education in Treating Patients Who Are Undergoing Chemotherapy For Newly Diagnosed Solid Tumors

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Conditions studied: Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting, Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific, Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancer, Disease (or Disorder); Gynecological, Prostate Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Mindfulness relaxation, a technique to help patients quiet their thoughts and relax their bodies before and during chemotherapy, may reduce or prevent nausea and vomiting. It may also help improve mental health, quality of life, and immune function in patients receiving chemotherapy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying mindfulness relaxation to see how well it works compared to relaxing music or standard symptom management education in treating patients who are receiving chemotherapy for newly diagnosed solid tumors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00086762

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

474

Starts

2004-06-01

Expected to finish

2022-08-11

Last updated by the study team

2022-09-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• are >/= 18 years of age
• are anticipated to undergo at least four cycles of chemotherapy treatment
• have had no previous treatment with chemotherapy
• have no evidence of distant metastatic disease
• can read/speak in English or Spanish
• have no known psychotic diagnosis
• have an expected survival of at least 6 months

You may not qualify if…

• have a known psychotic diagnosis
• will undergo an undefined number of chemotherapy regimens

Where it is running

• CCOP - Wichita — Wichita, Kansas, United States
• CCOP - Michigan Cancer Research Consortium — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Main Line Health — Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, United States
• CCOP - Greenville — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• University of Texas M.D. Anderson CCOP Research Base — Houston, Texas, United States
• CCOP - Scott and White Hospital — Temple, Texas, United States
• CCOP - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation — Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States

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