Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study wants to prove that Yoga Training can improve physical Fitness, immunity, and quality of Life of in Breast Cancer Survivors. In summary, our findings show potential benefits of yoga for people with cancer in improvements of psychological health. Because of the small number of studies having been conducted and the methodological limitations, the results should be regarded as preliminary and treated with caution. Our preliminary findings also provide practitioners with important information that yoga may be a possible adjunctive therapy for cancer patients to help manage psychological distress and to improve quality of life.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable breast-cancer
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 20, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 6, 2012
CompletedDecember 6, 2012
December 1, 2012
2 years
November 20, 2012
December 5, 2012
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 13th weeks
13th week
Secondary Outcomes (1)
change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 25th weeks
25th week
Study Arms (2)
yoga training
EXPERIMENTALYoga training
control
NO INTERVENTIONno yoga training
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- breast cancer with stage1 or stage2, Sedentary life style, no orthopaedic disease and medical disease
You may not qualify if:
- recurrent or metastasis, medical or current psychiatric illness which would make compliance with the study protocol difficult or dangerous, medications which would alter training response
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD
National Taiwan University Hospital
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 20, 2012
First Posted
December 6, 2012
Study Start
March 1, 2009
Primary Completion
March 1, 2011
Last Updated
December 6, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-12