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NCT Number: NCT02105389

Yoga to Reduce Fatigue in Hospitalized Children Receiving Intensive Chemotherapy

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a major problem in children, adolescents and adults receiving treatment for cancer, and intensively treated patients may be at higher risk. While exercise is an effective intervention for CRF, patients receiving the most intensive chemotherapy may frequently be too ill to participate in a standardized exercise program. A unique intervention that combines exercise and relaxation is yoga. This pilot study will evaluate the feasibility of three times weekly yoga sessions administered by a trained yoga instructor for a three week duration and will enroll between 10 and 20 children. If feasible, the intervention will be tested in a randomized controlled trial.

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Key information

Conditions

Fatigue Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

7 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Hospital for Sick Children

Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosed with any acute myeloid leukemia (AML), relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia, stage 3 or 4 Burkitt's lymphoma/leukemia or about to receive autologous or allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
  • Expected to be an inpatient for at least three weeks after initiation of chemotherapy or conditioning
  • Ages 7 to 18 years of age at enrollment

Exclusion criteria

  • Features present to an extent that would preclude compliance with yoga (as assessed by the attending physician): a) motor disability, b) cognitive disability, c) cardiopulmonary symptoms, or d) known compression fracture resulting in disability
  • Parent or patient cannot understand English

Treatment and study plan

Individualized Yoga Intervention

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of recruitment

    Time frame: baseline

    To determine feasibility of a 3 times weekly, 3 week yoga intervention for hospitalized children receiving intensive chemotherapy ± radiation by determining the number of children who can complete at least 60% of scheduled yoga sessions for consenting individuals.

    We will consider the ability to administer 60% of planned yoga sessions over a 3 week period as feasible (in other words, a minimum of 6 of 9 planned sessions) and anticipate that at least 70% of participants should be able to achieve this level of adherence.

    We planned to enroll a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 patients and believe the final sample size (11 participants) provides sufficient information to know whether the intervention and measurements are appropriate.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Fatigue and Quality of Life outcomes

    Time frame: Change from baseline to day 7, 14 and 21

    To describe changes over the intervention period according to: 1) Parent/guardian proxy-report fatigue using the FS-P (Fatigue Scale-Parent) and PedsQL MFM (PedsQL Multidimensional Fatigue Module) and child self-report fatigue using the FS-C/FS-A (Fatigue Scale-Child/Adolescent) and PedsQL MFM; 2) Child QoL using the PedsQL Acute Cancer Module; 3) Parent QoL using the SF-36 (Short Form 36); 4) Acceptability of the yoga intervention according to parents and children; 5) Qualitatively, any aspects of the intervention or measurement that can be improved. We have chosen to focus on a small number of key endpoints to preserve the feasibility of the pilot and future RCT as incorporation of a large number of endpoints would likely result in greater non-compliance in outcome ascertainment. The secondary analyses will all be descriptive. Variability and change in outcome measures in this study will be used to assess the sample size required in the design of a future efficacy trial.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Feasibility Study of Yoga to Reduce Fatigue in Hospitalized Children Receiving Intensive Chemotherapy

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2013
First posted
Apr 7, 2014
Registry last updated
Nov 30, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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