Meditation-Based Breathing Training in Improving Target Motion Management and Reducing Distress in Patients With Abdominal or Lung Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anxiety, Depression, Digestive System Neoplasm, Lung Neoplasm, Pain, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Impact of Cancer
In brief
This randomized pilot clinical trial studies the effects of meditation-based breathing training on patients' control of their breathing patterns and breathing-related movement, as well as on their psychological distress and treatment experience during radiation therapy. Meditation-based breathing training may decrease breathing-related movement and the amount of stress by improving breathing patterns in patients with abdominal or lung cancer undergoing radiation therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01939210
- Run by
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- People needed
- 17
- Starts
- 2010-02-01
- Expected to finish
- 2015-12-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-05-18
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- PHASE I - PATIENTS: All patients with abdominal tumors who have undergone at least 4 respiratory-gated radiotherapy treatments
- PHASE I - PATIENTS: Full comprehension of English language
- PHASE I - STAFF: All staff who have overseen the delivery of respiratory-gated radiotherapy for at least 6 months
- PHASE I - STAFF: Full comprehension of English language
- PHASE II: All patients with abdominal or lung tumors undergoing a respiratory gating simulation
- PHASE II: Karnofsky performance status > 60%
- PHASE II: Life expectancy > 3 months
- PHASE II: No prior radiotherapy to the abdomen/lung
- PHASE II: Full comprehension of English language
You may not qualify if…
- PHASE I - PATIENTS: Inability to comprehend English language interview questions
- PHASE I - STAFF: Inability to comprehend English language interview questions
- PHASE II: Karnofsky performance status < 60%
- PHASE II: Prior radiotherapy to the abdomen/lung
- PHASE II: Evidence of progressive or untreated gross disease outside of the abdomen/lung
- PHASE II: Inability to comprehend English language breathing exercise instructions
- PHASE II: Concurrent diagnosis of a significant respiratory disorder which requires the use of oxygen
Where it is running
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine — The Bronx, New York, United States
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