Meditation Therapy in Improving Anxiety and Depression in Cancer Patients With Psychosocial Distress
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Anxiety, Depression, Malignant Neoplasm
In brief
This trial studies how well self-administered meditation therapy works in improving anxiety and depression in cancer patients who exhibit psychosocial distress. Meditation therapy is a mind-body approach that uses a variety of techniques, such as deep breathing, sound, or movement, that may help to decrease distress and anxiety and enhance the health and quality of life of patients with cancer.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02988271
- Run by
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- People needed
- 35
- Starts
- 2019-04-11
- Expected to finish
- 2028-02-28
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients at MD Anderson with a cancer history who are either undergoing active treatment or who have completed treatment for their cancer
- Must understand and read English, sign a written informed consent, and follow protocol requirements
- Willing to come to MD Anderson Main Campus (Texas Medical Center) for enrollment
- Patient self-reported ESAS psychological scale score (sum of anxiety and depression scores) between 4 and 11 (and/or) individual anxiety or depression score between 4 and 7 on a 0 to 10 numeric scale, where 10 is the worst possible
- If on medication for anxiety, stable dose of medications for management of anxiety symptoms for at least six weeks prior to enrollment with no plans to change meditations in the subsequent four weeks. Increases or decreases allowed within drug class, but changing drug class will make patient in-evaluable
You may not qualify if…
- Diagnosis of a formal thought disorder (e.g., schizophrenia)
- Known history of a neurological and/or psychological disorder that in the physician's opinion may interfere with the patient's ability to cooperate with study procedures
Where it is running
- M D Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.