Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, DCIS
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine if a regular meditation and breath work practice started before surgery and continued through post-surgical recovery can improve anxiety and pain related to breast cancer and its treatment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04049214
- Run by
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
- People needed
- 24
- Starts
- 2019-07-31
- Expected to finish
- 2025-07-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2024-10-15
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Females 18 years of age or older
- Subject must be able to speak and read English
- Newly diagnosed with primary breast cancer
- Will receive primary surgical treatment for their breast cancer diagnosis.
- Undergoing lumpectomy with or without autologous reconstruction with or without contralateral surgery for symmetry with or without IORT or simple mastectomy without reconstruction
- Breast cancer or DCIS
You may not qualify if…
- Recurrent breast cancer
- Current or history of major psychiatric diagnosis.
- Subjects who are receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
- Subjects undergoing modified radical mastectomy or reconstruction
- Subjects regular meditation practice within the past 12 months (defined as greater than twice weekly practice)
- Subjects unwilling or unable to complete study materials or comply with study visits
- Subjects with no access to email or a mobile phone (required to access meditations)
- Subjects undergoing surgery outside Hoag
- Subjects who have narcotic dependence as defined by regular weekly narcotic use before cancer diagnosis.
- Re-excision after lumpectomy (subjects who require re-excision after initial enrollment will be excluded from final analysis and dropped from the study).
Where it is running
- Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian — Newport Beach, California, United States (enrolling)
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