Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01743573
• Other study ID #: 200811002R
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 20, 2012
• Last updated: December 5, 2012
• Start date: March 2009

Study information

• Verified date: December 2012
• Source: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Contact: Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD
• Email: jytsauo[@]ntu.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Taiwan: Department of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study wants to prove that Yoga Training can improve physical Fitness, immunity, and quality of Life of in Breast Cancer Survivors. In summary, our findings show potential benefits of yoga for people with cancer in improvements of psychological health. Because of the small number of studies having been conducted and the methodological limitations, the results should be regarded as preliminary and treated with caution. Our preliminary findings also provide practitioners with important information that yoga may be a possible adjunctive therapy for cancer patients to help manage psychological distress and to improve quality of life.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. primary completion date: March 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• breast cancer with stage1 or stage2, Sedentary life style, no orthopaedic disease and medical disease

Exclusion criteria

• recurrent or metastasis, medical or current psychiatric illness which would make compliance with the study protocol difficult or dangerous, medications which would alter training response

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Other:
• yoga

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Taiwan University Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Taiwan University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 13th weeks		13th week	Yes
Secondary	change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 25th weeks		25th week	Yes