Virtual Mind-Body Exercises for People Having Pancreatic Surgery

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pancreas Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find out if it is practical to provide 2 interventions, VMB exercise classes and EUC (pre-recorded self-care videos), during the perioperative period (before and after surgery) to improve health-related outcomes and quality of life for people undergoing a pancreatectomy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05431556

Run by

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

People needed

29

Starts

2022-06-17

Expected to finish

2024-11-12

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-18

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Age ≥ 18 years or older
• Any pancreas disease (benign, pre-malignant, or malignant) and will be undergoing pancreatectomy
• Has at least one week to participate in the study prior to the anticipated surgery date
• Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status 0 or 1
• English-speaking only

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to give informed consent due to cognitive impairment or impaired decisionmaking capacity
• Cognitive impairment precluding response to study assessments
• Received neoadjuvant or any chemoradiation in the past 60 days
• Unwilling to accept random assignment
• Unwilling to commit to the 12-week study time period
• Unlikely to be compliant because of social factors that prevent patients from attending classes or doing home practice (e.g., unreliable internet, no access to a computer)

Where it is running

• Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only) — Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only) — Middletown, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only) — Montvale, New Jersey, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Consent Only) — Commack, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only) — Harrison, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities) — New York, New York, United States
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only) — Uniondale, New York, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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