Yoga Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Brain Tumors
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma, Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma, Adult Anaplastic Meningioma, Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma, Adult Brain Stem Glioma, Adult Choroid Plexus Tumor, Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma, Adult Ependymoblastoma, Adult Ependymoma, Adult Giant Cell Glioblastoma, Adult Glioblastoma, Adult Gliosarcoma, Adult Grade II Meningioma, Adult Medulloblastoma, Adult Meningeal Hemangiopericytoma, Adult Mixed Glioma, Adult Oligodendroglioma, Adult Papillary Meningioma, Adult Pineal Gland Astrocytoma, Adult Pineoblastoma, Adult Pineocytoma, Adult Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET), Recurrent Adult Brain Tumor
In brief
This clinical trial studies yoga therapy in treating patients with malignant brain tumors. Yoga therapy may improve the quality of life of patients with brain tumors
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01234805
- Run by
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- People needed
- 9
- Starts
- 2010-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-07-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Signed protocol specific informed consent Are diagnosed with a Malignant Brain Tumor (Grades II-IV) Able to start the on-site yoga intervention within 1 week of first radiation treatment Are physically able to attend the intervention classes (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group [ECOG] performance status rating 0-2) Able to understand written and spoken English Have no medical contraindications reported by the attending physician
You may not qualify if…
- Have practiced yoga on a regular basis (at least once a week) within the past 4 weeks to recruit participants who are not already regularly practicing yoga; given that the benefits of yoga are likely more immediate than long-term, however, we will enroll participants who have previously had a yoga practice
Where it is running
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University — Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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