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This study is a pilot study to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of a 12-week intervention of personalized diet and lifestyle protocol based on the principles of Ayurveda's whole systems approach to achieving improvement in a) quality of life, b) digestive health, c) sleep among women breast cancer survivors.


Clinical Trial Description

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Due to advancements in early diagnosis and treatment, the survival rate of breast cancer has significantly increased. According to the National Cancer Institute's office of cancer survivorship, as of January 2019, there are 3.8 million breast cancer survivors. Evidence indicates that cancer survivors experience many adverse effects of treatment and suffer from significant quality of life (QOL) challenges such as depression, anxiety, emotional, social, psychological, physiological, and spiritual wellbeing. Personalized diet, lifestyle and daily routine approaches to breast cancer survivorship are often undervalued. Generally, the dietary guidelines are based only on an individual's nutritional and caloric needs. Due to the increasing number of breast cancer survivors, it has become essential to have evidence-based guidelines for breast cancer survivorship to improve digestive health, QOL, and general wellbeing. Understanding the science behind personalized lifestyle-related factors, including diet, exercise, and emotional and spiritual wellbeing in cancer survivorship, is urgently needed. Digestive health and the gut microbiome may play an important role in the QOL after surviving breast cancer; however, there are fewer studies on the relationship between diet and daily routine to gut health and breast cancer survivorship care. This study will test whether personalized guidelines based on the principles of Maharishi Ayurveda - a whole systems approach to reducing strength, improving digestive health and living in harmony with the circadian rhythm to improve QOL for women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. In addition to that, this pilot study may provide preliminary data to further develop a clinical practice guideline that is cost-effective and easy to follow for women breast cancer survivors. ;


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NCT number NCT05743023
Study type Interventional
Source Maharishi International University
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Status Active, not recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date September 1, 2022
Completion date June 1, 2023

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