Yoga Therapy During Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment for the Improvement of Physical and Emot… (NCT04622670) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Yoga Therapy During Chemotherapy and Radiation Treatment for the Improvement of Physical and Emotional Well-Being in Patients With Stage IB2-IIIB Cervical Cancer
United States40 participantsStarted 2020-03-10
Plain-language summary
This trial studies how well yoga therapy works during chemotherapy and radiation treatment in improving physical and emotional well-being in patients with stage IB2-IIIB cervical cancer. Yoga therapy may help to balance the mind and body through exercise, meditation (focusing thoughts), and control of breathing and emotions.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Score of =\< 2 on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance scale
* Able to speak English
* Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IB2 through IIIB biopsy-proven CxCa (adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and adenosquamous) with plan to undergo curative outpatient CRT at main campus MD Anderson Cancer Center
Exclusion Criteria:
* Medically documented restrictions at enrollment that could interfere with participation in the yoga interventions (i.e. uncontrolled vaginal bleeding)
* Medical illness that would prevent administration of full-dose chemotherapy
* Concurrent diagnosis of a second cancer
* Prior hysterectomy
* Neuroendocrine histology
* Patients who are pregnant
* It is standard procedure to administer a pregnancy test before the start of CRT. Patients are deemed not pregnant by virtue of urine pregnancy test (UPT) or testing of the blood. Due to radiation and the nature of the disease, a patient becoming pregnant while on study is highly unlikely. In the event a patient were to get pregnant, they would be removed from study because their radiation therapy (RT) might be stopped or fetus would be terminated, which might influence other parameters that are being measured
* Patients with major psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder)
* Patients with extreme mobility issues, and
* Patients who have had a regular yoga practice (at least one time a month) in past 6 months prior to study enrollmen…