Mindful Movement for Breast Cancer Survivors

Breast Cancer Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mindful Movement for Breast Cancer Survivors

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02619292
• Other study ID #: MMP-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 6, 2015
• Last updated: July 12, 2017
• Start date: November 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: July 2017
• Source: John Wayne Cancer Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if participating in a Mindful Movement Program (MMP) (learning how to be mindful in one's movement), positively affects the body's immune functions improves mindfulness and reduces worries about cancer returning. All participants will be in this study about three months.

Description:

Breast cancer survivors (BCS) may experience psychological and physical effects long after treatment is over. Some research shows that practicing mindfulness, and movement types of activities such as qi gong or yoga may lead to improvements in emotional and physical well-being, including improved immune function. Immune function can be negatively affected by stress and worry, and this has an unknown effect on the risk of cancer recurrence. Psychological and physical interventions that help enhance an individual's wellbeing and reduce stress and worry may have a positive influence on immune function and in turn, reduce the risk of cancer recurrence. While there is limited research in this area, and none with dance therapy, little attention has been given to older BCS. However, understanding of immune function suggests that older women may be the best group to target for such interventions. Previous research with BCS age 50 or older who participated in a 12-week program combining mindfulness practice with dance/movement therapy (Mindful Movement Program) demonstrated positive effects: participants were more mindful in their day-to-day living and had less worry about the cancer coming back. Participants also reported through focus groups that the Mindful Movement Program (MMP) had improved their overall well-being. No laboratory tests of the body's immune response to MMP were included.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 50 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosed at age 50 or older with stage 0-III disease

• 6 months or more since completion of primary breast cancer treatment

• have a medical release from their physician

• English-speaking

• not pregnant

• no weekly practice of yoga, qi gong, tai chi, dance/movement therapy, or mindfulness meditation practice

Exclusion Criteria:

• Males with breast cancer

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Breast Cancer
• Breast Neoplasms

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindful Movement Program
Mindfulness is turning one's awareness to the present moment. Movement-dance therapy is the expression of thoughts or feelings through body movement, under the supervision of a licensed professional.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Margie Petersen Breast Center at Providence Saint John's Health Center	Santa Monica	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
John Wayne Cancer Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Fear of Recurrence	Fear of recurrence as measured on Fear of Recurrence (FOR) scale	18 weeks
Other	Mindfulness attention	Improvement in mindfulness attitude as measured with the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS)	18 weeks
Other	Mindfulness attitude	Improvement in mindfulness attitude as measured with the Experiences Questionnaire (EQ)	18 weeks
Primary	Immune markers	Improvement in serum markers of immune cell phenotype at week 18	18 weeks
Secondary	Mindful Movement Intervention Experience	Improvement in mindfulness attitude as measured on Meditative Movement Inventory (MMI)	18 weeks
Secondary	Mindful Movement Intervention Experience	Improvement in mindfulness attitude as measured on Perceived Exertion Scale (PES)	18 weeks
Secondary	Mindful Movement Intervention Experience - Mindfulness Intention	Improvement in mindfulness attitude as measured on Mindfulness Intention (modified from Segal, 1-item)	18 weeks