Yoga in Adult Cancer: A Feasibility Trial
Y-ACT
Yoga for Health-related Quality of Life in Adult Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial
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interventional
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Brief Summary
A feasibility study to determine the appropriateness of yoga intervention to improve health-related quality of life in adult cancer patients.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable quality-of-life
Started Apr 2014
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable quality-of-life
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
November 21, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
December 5, 2014
CompletedResults Posted
Study results publicly available
February 10, 2015
CompletedFebruary 10, 2015
November 1, 2014
4 months
November 21, 2014
December 15, 2014
February 9, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Feasibility of Patient Recruitment to Yoga Intervention
Number of participants eligible for randomization to yoga intervention during cancer treatment
10 weeks
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Patient Adherence to Yoga Intervention
6 weeks
Patient Adherence Rate to Yoga Intervention
6 weeks
Other Outcomes (3)
Patient Acceptability of Yoga Intervention
6 weeks
Financial Cost of Delivering Yoga Intervention in a Clinical Setting
10 weeks
Patient's Health-related Quality of Life
6 weeks
Study Arms (3)
Yoga Group A: Minimum Exposure
EXPERIMENTALThe minimum-exposure yoga package, this intervention included 45-minutes of contact time with a trained yoga professional. In Week 1, this session included a 30-minute introductory session focussing on pranayama (breathing techniques), as well as a brief introduction to available community-based and online yoga to encourage a safe home-based practice (15-minutes). Financial subsidy, compensation or special promotion of any particular yoga was not provided. Participants were invited to stay for a social discussion following the yoga class.
Yoga Group B: Medium Exposure
EXPERIMENTALThe medium-exposure yoga package, this intervention included the components of Group A, with an additional 30-minute orientation and safety training of how to practice yoga dhyana (meditation techniques) and asana (physical postures) in Week 1. Participants were then invited to stay and ask questions following the yoga class. A pre-paid online yoga membership to http://www.myyogaonline.com was offered for the duration of the study (Weeks 1 to 4). In addition to this, one 120-minute workshop to further develop yoga pranayama, dhyana and asana training was administered by an expert instructor during Week 2 or 3.
Yoga Group C: Maximum Exposure
EXPERIMENTALThe maximum-dose yoga package, this intervention includes the components of Group A, with the same 30-minute orientation and safety training of how to practice yoga dhyana (meditation techniques) and asana (physical postures) in Week 1. Participants were invited to stay and ask questions following the yoga class. As in Group B, a pre-paid online yoga membership to http://www.myyogaonline.com was also provided for the duration of the study (Weeks 1 to 4). Participants were then invited to attend three 60-minute yoga group classes led by an expert yoga instructor per week (Weeks 1 to 4). These yoga sessions were held in a clinical setting in proximity to their treatment location and delivered at no cost to the patient.
Interventions
A mind-body therapy that includes specified breathing, meditation and physical postures.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Male and female adult cancer patients 19 years of age or older
- Patients receiving or planning to receive conventional treatment that includes at least one of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormone therapy or active surveillance within 28 days
- Patients in any stage of cancer diagnoses of all tumour types and locations
- Participants with internet access and willingness to participate in online communication
- Participants with access to transportation and personal willingness to attend meetings in central Vancouver, Canada.
- Participants fluent in the English language
You may not qualify if:
- Patients with any physical limitation, risk of personal injury or under proscription of light to moderate physical activity
- Patients with pre or post surgical interventions were excluded due to potential physical limitations or safety concerns with wound healing
- Regular or experienced practitioners of yoga were excluded and defined as those patients reporting current or historical use of regular yoga (\>2 session per month in past 12 months)
- Patients undergoing medical treatment for serious psychological disturbances that might have interfered with adherence to protocol and/or ability to provide informed consent were excluded (e.g. multiple personality disorders, severe depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder)
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Oxfordlead
- University of British Columbiacollaborator
- British Columbia Cancer Agencycollaborator
Related Publications (1)
McCall M, McDonald M, Thorne S, Ward A, Heneghan C. Yoga for Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:816820. doi: 10.1155/2015/816820. Epub 2015 Jun 11.
PMID: 26170884DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Limitations and Caveats
As a feasibility study, the sample size is underpowered and quantitative results are unreliable.
Results Point of Contact
- Title
- Marcy McCall, Lead Researcher
- Organization
- University of Oxford
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Melanie McDonald, MSW
Vancouver-BCCA
Publication Agreements
- PI is Sponsor Employee
- No
- Restrictive Agreement
- No
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SUPPORTIVE CARE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
November 21, 2014
First Posted
December 5, 2014
Study Start
April 1, 2014
Primary Completion
August 1, 2014
Study Completion
August 1, 2014
Last Updated
February 10, 2015
Results First Posted
February 10, 2015
Record last verified: 2014-11