A Feasibility Study Followed By A Randomized Phase II Study Of Yoga For Radiation Therapy Side Effects In Prostate Cancer
Completed
Conditions studied: Prostate Cancer
In brief
This study will ascertain the feasibility and effect of Eischens yoga interventions on radiation related fatigue, sexual dysfunction and urinary incontinence in stage I /II prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy with photons and/or protons without prostatectomy. Subjects must be smoke free and have not taken regular yoga classes 6 months prior to enrollment. Subjects will participate in twice weekly yoga sessions for 8 weeks and complete 4 quality of life forms 5 times during study.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02135653
- Run by
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
- People needed
- 68
- Starts
- 2013-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-05-19
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients
- Prostate cancer patients undergoing active radiation therapy (external beam radiation with photons and/ or protons). Prior or concurrent androgen deprivation therapy is permitted.
- Patients of age >18 years, and all races will be included in the study.
- Patients must have an ECOG Performance Score ≤ 1
- All patients must sign an informed consent form
- Caregivers
- Subject is age >18 years
- Subject is English-speaking
- Subject must sign an informed consent form
You may not qualify if…
- Patients
- Patients with medical restrictions that may interfere with or prevent them from taking part in the yoga interventions per their physician orders as evaluated by ECOG Performance Status score.
- Active, regular cigarette smokers, such that smoking may interfere with relaxation and breathing modalities of the yoga interventions. (Smokers that have been smoke-free for 6 months may be included)
- Patients who currently practice or have recently practiced yoga (taken a yoga class on a regular basis in the last 6 months).
- Patients who are undergoing chemotherapy for any reason
- Patients with evidence of metastatic disease
- Caregivers
- Subjects that are unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
- Subjects with medical restrictions that may interfere with or prevent them from taking part in the yoga interventions
- Active, regular cigarette smokers, such that smoking may interfere with relaxation and breathing modalities of the yoga interventions. (Smokers that have been smoke-free for 6 months may be included)
- Patients who currently practice or have recently practiced yoga (taken a yoga class on a regular basis in the last 6 months).
Where it is running
- Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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