Pre-Operative Guided Meditation to Reduce Pre-Operative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cancer-Directed Surgery

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm

In brief

This clinical trial tests how well guided meditation, compared to silence, works to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer-directed surgery. Pre-operative anxiety affects patient experience and has been found to be a predictor of severe post-operative pain and chronic pain after surgery, influencing the success and quality of a patient's recovery. While medication is often prescribed to improve anxiety symptoms, research has showed that mindfulness techniques can be used to decrease anxiety, improve comfort, and can impact both psychological and physiologic symptoms. Completing pre-operative guided meditation may work well to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer directive surgery.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06949943
Run by: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
People needed: 300
Starts: 2025-03-14
Expected to finish: 2027-07-31
Last updated by the study team: 2026-05-07

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Participants will be recruited among patients who are scheduled for cancer-directed surgery
Participants must be 18 years or older

You may not qualify if…

Participants will be excluded from the study if they cannot speak English (as the meditation is recorded in English)
Currently incarcerated
Have a diagnosis of dementia
Are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)
Have a hearing impairment that would make them unable to hear the recorded meditation

Where it is running

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center — Columbus, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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