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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

A feasibility study examining the impact of yoga on psychosocial health and symptoms in pediatric outpatients receiving chemotherapy.

Eliana Stein, Meera Rayar, Upasana Krishnadev, Abha Gupta, Shannon Hyslop, Erin Plenert, Tal Schechter-Finkelstein, Lillian Sung

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT03318068 nacompletednot on this map

A Feasibility Study Examining the Impact of Out-patient Yoga on Children Receiving Chemotherapy

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenRan2017 to 2018Enrolled10ConditionsPediatric Cancer, Quality of Life, Cancer, Treatment-Related, Psychological DistressArmsYoga Intervention
NCT05434871 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

The Efficacy of Yoga in Pediatric Cancer Patients: A Randomized Controlled Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorAkdeniz UniversityRan2022 to 2023Enrolled40ConditionsCancer, Pediatric CancerArmsYoga training, Physiotherapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nutrition and physical activity interventions delivered to children and young people during cancer treatment: a systematic literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  6. Yoga as a Complementary and Alternative Therapy in Children with Hematologic and Oncologic Disease.Journal of pediatric oncology nursing : official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eliana SteinProgram in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Meera RayarDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, B318A, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3V4, Canada.
Upasana KrishnadevDivision of Child & Youth Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1R8, Canada.
Abha GuptaDivision of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Shannon HyslopProgram in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Erin PlenertProgram in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada.
Tal Schechter-FinkelsteinDivision of Haematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada.
Lillian SungProgram in Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, 686 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 0A4, Canada. Lillian.Sung@sickkids.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0951-3091
Hospital for Sick Children · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario POGO Seed Funding Grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePediatric cancer patients experience symptoms that negatively impact quality of life; yoga may be an effective intervention. The primary objective was to determine the feasibility of a 10-week, weekly individualized yoga intervention for children and adolescents receiving outpatient cancer therapy primarily delivered remotely using Skype. Secondary objectives were to describe depression, anxiety, anger, fatigue, quality of life, and symptoms at 5 and 10 weeks after enrollment.

methodsWe included English-speaking patients aged 10 to 18 years receiving outpatient chemotherapy for cancer. Weekly individualized yoga sessions were offered for 10 weeks. Weeks 1, 5, and 10 were in-hospital while the remaining sessions were delivered remotely using Skype. Twice weekly, homework was assigned between each session. The primary outcome was feasibility, defined as 80% of participants completing at least 60% of planned in-hospital or remote yoga sessions.

resultsBetween March and November 2017, 10 patients were enrolled. Two patients discontinued the study after one and two sessions. Only six participants achieved at least 60% of planned yoga sessions and thus, the study did not meet the a priori defined feasibility threshold. Among all participants, only one homework session was performed.

conclusionsA 10-week individualized in-person and remotely conducted yoga intervention was not feasible in children receiving cancer treatments because of failure to achieve the desired frequency of yoga sessions in a sufficient number of participants. Future research should identify approaches to improve compliance with remote yoga sessions and home practice.

trial registrationNCT03318068.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnxietyChildDepressionFatigueFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMeditationMiddle AgedNeoplasmsOutpatientsPatient CompliancePilot ProjectsQuality of LifeChemotherapyPediatric oncologySymptomsYogaYoga therapy

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PMID30712097
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