The Effects Of Yoga On Quality Of Life Among A Population Of Ovarian/ Fallopian Tube/ Primary Peritoneal Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: A Feasibility Study

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Conditions studied: Ovarian Cancer

In brief

This is a pilot study to establish the feasibility of an eight-week yoga intervention and to estimate the effect size on QoL in female patients with ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal malignancies receiving chemotherapy for the treatment of primary or recurrent cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01743547

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

25

Starts

2012-11-01

Expected to finish

2013-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-11-06

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Histologically confirmed diagnosis of epithelial ovarian/fallopian tube/primary peritoneal cancer
• Participant must be age 18 or older
• Participants must be 6 weeks post-surgery
• Participant must be currently receiving chemotherapy or beginning a regimen within the next four weeks
• Participant must be willing to attend the intervention sessions
• All subjects must have given signed, informed consent prior to registration in the study.

You may not qualify if…

• Participant has practiced yoga more than 4 times in the last year
• Participant has a surgical procedure scheduled during the 8 weeks that they would be part of the intervention
• Participant has an ECOG performance status less than or equal to two

Where it is running

• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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