Yoga in Treating Sleep Disturbance in Cancer Survivors

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Fatigue, Cancer, Sleep Disorders

In brief

RATIONALE: Yoga may help improve sleep, fatigue, and quality of life in cancer survivors. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well yoga works in treating sleep disturbance in cancer survivors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00397930

Run by

Gary Morrow

People needed

410

Starts

2006-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-02-20

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 120. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of any type of cancer
• More than 1 primary cancer allowed
• Has undergone and completed all forms of standard treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy) within the past 2 to 24 months
• Patients can be on hormones such as Tamoxifen, or monoclonal antibodies like Herceptin
• Persistent sleep disturbance, as indicated by a response of ≥ 3 when asked to rate their sleep on an 11-point scale (0 is equivalent to no sleep disturbance and 10 is the worst possible sleep disturbance)
• Able to read English
• 21 years of age or older

You may not qualify if…

• No prior or concurrent regular (≥ 1 day/week) participation in yoga classes or maintain regular personal practice of any form of yoga within the past 3 months
• No diagnosis of sleep apnea
• No concurrent cancer therapy with the exception of hormonal therapy (e.g., tamoxifen citrate) or monoclonal antibodies (e.g., trastuzumab [Herceptin®])
• No metastatic cancer

Where it is running

• CCOP - Central Illinois — Decatur, Illinois, United States
• CCOP - Wichita — Wichita, Kansas, United States
• CCOP - Grand Rapids — Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
• CCOP - Kansas City — Kansas City, Missouri, United States
• CCOP - Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York — East Syracuse, New York, United States
• CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium — Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States
• CCOP - Columbus — Columbus, Ohio, United States
• CCOP - Columbia River Oncology Program — Portland, Oregon, United States
• CCOP - Greenville — Greenville, South Carolina, United States
• CCOP - Northwest — Tacoma, Washington, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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