Hatha Yoga in Lung Cancer Couples
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Lung Cancer
In brief
The goal of this research study is to learn the opinion of patients and their caregiving about a couple-based Hatha Yoga program during treatment for cancer. Researchers also want to learn the effect of this program on lung function, distress, and quality of life.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01952860
- Run by
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2013-09-23
- Expected to finish
- 2019-09-17
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-03
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) stages I through IIIB who are going to receive at least 5 weeks of thoracic radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy undergoing daily radiation treatment in the Department of Radiation Oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and an eligible and consenting caregiving partner.
- Patients and caregiving partners must both be at least 18 years old.
- Participants have a study eligible and consenting caregiving partner spouse or significant other (e.g, romantic partner). (i.e. spouse, romantic/domestic partners, significant others).
- Patients and caregiving partners should be able to read, write, and speak English.
You may not qualify if…
- Patients who are not oriented to time, place, and person.
- Patients who have practiced Tibetan or Hatha yoga in the year prior to diagnosis on a regular basis.
- Lung cancer patients with a life expectancy of less than 6 months per attending physician estimation.
- Lung cancer patients with the attending physician-rated Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of greater than 2 at the time of radiotherapy initiation.
Where it is running
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
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