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NCT Number: NCT01985945

Yoga for Breast Cancer

The purpose of this study is to examine the use of Eischens yoga for 8 weeks in one cohort of 20 women with stage I and II breast cancer receiving radiation therapy treatment, while a second cohort of the same type of and number of patients who, instead of yoga will receive standard supportive therapy, Questionnaire measuring cancer-related quality of life (FACT-G instrument) and fatigue (Brief Fatique Inventory) will be given to patients at several points.

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Key information

Conditions

Women With Stage I or II Breast Cancer Undergoing Active Radiation Therapy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Stage I and II breast cancer patients undergoing active radiation therapy
  • Above the age of 18
  • Must sign informed consent form
  • Must speak English
  • Only women are eligible

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with medical restrictions that may interfere with yoga participation per their physicians' decision
  • Those who have smoked in the last 6 months because smoking can interfere with the breathing and relaxation techniques of yoga.
  • Those who have regularly taken yoga in the last 6 months, because they would not come to the intervention with the same baseline as other participants.

Treatment and study plan

yoga

Other

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Adverse Events

    Time frame: One Year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Randomized Study of the Effect of Yoga in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Radiation Therapy

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Nov 18, 2013
Registry last updated
Mar 11, 2020

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