Medical YOga dUring CANcer Treatment in a Digital or Physical Setting - a PREFERensbased Study

NCT06248450 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2023-04481-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 163
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To enhance the implementation of yoga in cancer care, studies that explore patients with cancer preferences for the execution of yoga, effects, and the experience of participating in group yoga sessions online compared to in-person sessions is required. The aim of the YouCanPrefer-study is to explore preferences, expectations, implementation, experiences, and effects of participating in in-person group yoga sessions at a yoga studio compared to participating in online-yoga at home for patients with cancer undergoing oncological treatment. Additionally, the aim is to study health-related outcomes of yoga. Patients diagnosed with cancer undergoing oncological treatment at two hospitals in Sweden will be included in the study. A preference-based allocation will be used, participants chose self if they want to participate in in-person yoga at a studio or in yoga online. Regardless of allocation, the yoga sessions will take place in a group setting once a week for a duration of 12 weeks. All participants will also have access to a yoga application on their tablets or cell phones, with a recommendation to engage in self-guided yoga for at least 10 minutes per day.

Conditions

Cancer

Keywords

oncological treatment; yoga; e-health; rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patients preferences to yoga during oncological treatment

  Interviews on choice of yoga setting: physical or digital

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Health-related quality of life

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Health

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Anxiety and depression

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Fatigue

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Sleep

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Physical setting

OTHER

Medical yoga at a yoga local led by a yoga-instructor for 75 minutes once a week and individual yoga for a minimum of 10 minutes daily using a yoga-application for 12 weeks.

Other: Medical yoga

Digital setting

OTHER

Medical yoga online using videoconference system led by a yoga-instructor for 75 minutes once a week and individual yoga for a minimum of 10 minutes daily using a yoga-application for 12 weeks.

Other: Medical yoga

Interventions

Medical yoga OTHER

Medical yoga is a therapeutic form of Kundalini yoga led by a certified yoga instructor that uses different standardized yoga programs with a combination of physical postures, breathingexercises, and relaxation/meditation.

Digital setting; Physical setting

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Diagnosed with cancer and scheduled for or initiated oncological treatment at an oncology clinic.
• Received written information about the study.
• Willing to participate in the study and able to follow the protocol.
• Understanding and expressing themselves in Swedish.
• Age ≥ 18 years.
• Provided informed consent.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with severe cognitive impairments such as dementia and serious psychiatric illness.
• Patients with significant physical disabilities that may hinder yoga.
• Patients with difficulties completing questionnaires.
• Expected survival of less than 3 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Linkoeping University: lead
• University Hospital, Linkoeping: collaborator
• Ryhov County Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Department of oncology, university hospital

Linköping, 58185, Sweden

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neoplasms

Study Officials

• Anna Strömberg, PHD

  Department of Medical and Health sciences, Linköping university, Sweden

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: professor

Model Details: Preference-based allociation to group yoga in a physical or in a digital setting

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 7, 2024
• First Posted: February 8, 2024
• Study Start: October 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: February 26, 2025
• Study Completion: August 31, 2025
• Last Updated: March 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)