Trial reportJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2018
Bright light therapy improves cancer-related fatigue in cancer survivors: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Feasibility Study of Adjunctive Bright Light Therapy (BLT) for Amelioration of Fatigue in Chinese Cancer Patients Admitted to a Palliative Care Unit
The Effect of White Light on Fatigue Levels in Patients With Gynecological Cancer: A Double Blind Randomized Trial
Massage for Prostate Cancer-Related Fatigue (mPROSTATE)
A Pilot Trial of Bright Light Therapy in Patients Receiving First Line Immune Checkpoint Blockade
Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: ASCO-Society for Integrative Oncology Guideline Update.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2024Guideline
- Effects of sleep interventions on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Exploratory crossover field study indicates efficacy and feasibility of light therapy glasses to mitigate fatigue in multiple sclerosis.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The Effect of Yoga on Cancer-Related Fatigue and Quality of Life Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cancer Survivors: A Secondary Data Analysis.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Trial
- Bright White Light Therapy for Nonpharmacologic Management of Side Effects in Hospitalized Patients With Acute Leukemia.Oncology nursing forum · 2025Trial
- The effect of YOCAS©® yoga on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in older (60+) vs. younger (≤ 59) cancer survivors: Secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter, phase 3 randomized controlled trial.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2024Trial
- Effects of chronotype-tailored bright light intervention on post-treatment symptoms and quality of life in breast cancer survivors.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Trial
- Analysis of N-of-1 trials using Bayesian distributed lag model with autocorrelated errors.Statistics in medicine · 2023Trial
- Examining the Efficacy of Bright Light Therapy on Cognitive Function in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors.Journal of biological rhythms · 2022Trial
- Evaluating chronotypically tailored light therapy for breast cancer survivors: Preliminary findings on fatigue and disrupted sleep.Chronobiology international · 2022Trial
- Light therapy for multiple sclerosis-associated fatigue: a randomized, controlled phase II trial.Journal of neurology · 2020Trial
- Relationship between circadian activity rhythms and fatigue in hospitalized children with CNS cancers receiving high-dose chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Trial
- Recommendations from the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology to advance the humanization in cancer care.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- Effects of Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea on Common Symptoms of HIV.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Dysfunctional circadian-driven dynamics in gut microbiota and tumor microenvironment.Gut microbes · 2025Review
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- A Series of Personalized Virtual Light Therapy Interventions for Fatigue: Feasibility Randomized Crossover Trial for N-of-1 Treatment.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Effects of light therapy on sleep/wakefulness, daily rhythms, and the central orexin system in a diurnal rodent model of seasonal affective disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Psychological and physical function in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant survivors with chronic graft-versus-host disease.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Effects of bright light therapy on neuroinflammatory and neuroplasticity markers in a diurnal rodent model of Seasonal Affective Disorder.Annals of medicine · 2023Article
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7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeCancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a common and distressing symptom that can persist after cancer treatment has concluded. Bright light therapy has shown preliminary efficacy in reducing CRF, but its impact on other psychosocial factors is unclear. The purpose was to examine the impact of a 1-month light therapy intervention on fatigue, mood, and quality of life in cancer survivors with fatigue.
methodsThis 4-week blinded randomized controlled trial recruited cancer survivors who met diagnostic criteria for CRF. Participants were randomly assigned to receive a light therapy device that produced either bright white light (BWL; intervention) or dim red light (DRL; active control). Participants were instructed to use the device daily for 30 min upon waking for 28 days. The primary outcome, fatigue, was assessed weekly. Secondary outcomes assessed pre- and post-intervention included mood, depressive symptoms, and quality of life.
resultsA total of 81 participants were randomly assigned to receive BWL (n = 42) or DRL (n = 39). Analyses revealed a group-by-time interaction for fatigue (p = .034), wherein the BWL condition reported a 17% greater reduction in fatigue than those in the DRL condition (between group d = .30). There were also significant improvements over time for both groups on measures of mood, depressive symptoms, and quality of life (p's < .01).
conclusionsBWL was associated with greater improvements in fatigue and both groups displayed improvements on secondary psychosocial outcomes. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: These findings, along with previous reports of light therapy for CRF, support the use of this intervention to improve fatigue in cancer survivors.
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