Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Hatha Yoga in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

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Conditions studied: Head Neck Cancer

In brief

Treatment for head and neck cancer can result in marked musculo-skeletal impairment (MSI). This study will examine the effects of Hatha Yoga as a therapeutic modality to address MSI.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01951664

Run by

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

People needed

40

Starts

2013-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• >/= 18 years of age
• >3 months post-treatment of HNC
• no active cancer
• ability to understand English in order to complete questionnaires
• willing to participate in the guided and home Yoga practice
• willing to drive to the study site
• willing and able to provide informed consent
• completed medically indicated physical therapy
• medical clearance by study medical oncologist

You may not qualify if…

• a prior cancer diagnosis within the past three years (except basal cell, surgically treated squamous cell skin cancer, early prostate cancer under observation)
• have received radiation therapy or chemotherapy for any condition other than primary HNC
• medical conditions that would prohibit the safe implementation of a Yoga practice (e.g., vertigo, dementia)
• active Yoga practice within the past 6 months

Where it is running

• Vanderbilt University School of Nursing — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
• Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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