Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2017
Mindful Yoga for women with metastatic breast cancer: design of a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01927081 (Self-management Interventions for Pain in Advanced Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Self-management Interventions for Pain in Advanced Breast Cancer
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The effectiveness of mindfulness yoga on patients with major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of mindfulness yoga on anxiety and depression in early breast cancer patients received adjuvant chemotherapy: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2022Trial
- Yoga therapy to reduce fatigue in cancer: effects of reminder e-mails and long-term efficacy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Trial
- Recruiting Cancer Survivors to a Mobile Mindfulness Intervention in the United States: Exploring Online and Face-to-Face Recruitment Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Yoga Practice Predicts Improvements in Day-to-Day Pain in Women With Metastatic Breast Cancer.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Trial
- Pain and Spirituality Outcomes Among Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Participating in a Foot Reflexology Trial.Oncology nursing forum · 2021Trial
- Effect of Mindfulness Yoga on Depression Severity, Self-Esteem, and Quality of Life in Middle-Aged Men.Iranian journal of public health · 2021Article
- Online Mindfulness Intervention for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Adherence and Efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Greater mindfulness associated with lower pain, fatigue, and psychological distress in women with metastatic breast cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2020Article
- Exercise for Toxicity Management in Cancer-A Narrative Review.Oncology & hematology review · 2018Article
- Effects of Yoga in Managing Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Indian journal of palliative careArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWomen with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) have average life expectancies of about 2 years, and report high levels of disease-related symptoms including pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, psychological distress, and functional impairment. There is growing recognition of the limitations of medical approaches to managing such symptoms. Yoga is a mind-body discipline that has demonstrated a positive impact on psychological and functional health in early stage breast cancer patients and survivors, but has not been rigorously studied in advanced cancer samples.
methodsThis randomized controlled trial examines the feasibility and initial efficacy of a Mindful Yoga program, compared with a social support condition that controls for attention, on measures of disease-related symptoms such as pain and fatigue. The study will be completed by December 2017. Sixty-five women with MBC age ≥ 18 are being identified and randomized with a 2:1 allocation to Mindful Yoga or a support group control intervention. The 120-min intervention sessions take place weekly for 8 weeks. The study is conducted at an urban tertiary care academic medical center located in Durham, North Carolina. The primary feasibility outcome is attendance at intervention sessions. Efficacy outcomes include pain, fatigue, sleep quality, psychological distress, mindfulness and functional capacity at post-intervention, 3-month follow-up, and 6-month follow-up. DISCUSSION: In this article, we present the challenges of designing a randomized controlled trial with long-term follow-up among women with MBC. These challenges include ensuring adequate recruitment including of minorities, limiting and controlling for selection bias, tailoring of the yoga intervention to address special needs, and maximizing adherence and retention. This project will provide important information regarding yoga as an intervention for women with advanced cancer, including preliminary data on the psychological and functional effects of yoga for MBC patients. This investigation will also establish rigorous methods for future research into yoga as an intervention for this population.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifer: NCT01927081 , registered August 16, 2013.
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