Yoga Breathing for Fatigue in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility and efficacy of yoga breathing techniques to manage fatigue and other cancer-related side effects, in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00982748

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

25

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-08-25

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• A diagnosis of cancer that requires at least 2 further cycles of chemotherapy on an every 14, 21, or 28 day schedule
• A score of at least 4/10 on a 0-10 (0-none, 10-most) visual analog scale for fatigue at the time of enrollment
• Able to read, write and understand English
• Karnofsky Performance Status greater than 60
• Ability to give informed consent

You may not qualify if…

• Severe COPD
• Receiving chronic oxygen therapy
• Congestive heart failure: NYHA class 3 or greater
• Transfusion dependent anemia
• Uncontrolled thyroid disease
• Advance kidney disease requiring dialysis
• Advance liver disease
• More than three previous chemotherapy regimens
• Current, ongoing yoga breathing practice

Where it is running

• Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, UCSF — San Francisco, California, United States

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