Lung Heart Rate Variability

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Clinical Trial

— HRV  

Official title:

A Pilot Study at a Single Institution of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback on Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Radiation Thearpy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03674450
• Other study ID #: UPCC 05518
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2, 2019
• Est. completion date: April 11, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of heart-rate variability biofeedback training on lung cancer patients receiving definitive radiation therapy. The target population consists of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving 6 weeks of radiation therapy. The study will utilize the Physiolab GP8 heart rate variability and respiration system to collect data as well as several survey instruments to analyze quality of life measures. The goal is to show the HRV training can improve certain QOL measures like anxiety and sleep quality.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: April 11, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 11, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be older than 18 years of age

• Both women and men of all ethnic background are eligible to participate in the study.

• Must be diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer and receiving 6 weeks of radiation therapy.

• Must be available and willing to participate in 4, approximately 1 hour HRV biofeedback treatment sessions.

• Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participant is younger than 18 or older than 70

• Diagnosed with early stage NSCLC

• Patients who are pregnant

• Patients with cardiac arrhythmias

• Patients with Pacemakers

• Patients taking beta-blockers

• Patients with any major mental illness, cognitive impairment

• Incapable of giving informed consent

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Lung Neoplasms
• Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training
The study will utilize the Physiolab GP8 heart rate variability and respiration system on a laptop computer used solely for the study with the proper security passwords to protect participant information. The equipment consists of two electrocardiogram sensors (one per wrist) attached by sports wrist bands, a respiration monitoring belt placed around the upper abdomen, two galvanic skin conductance sensors attached to the fingertips, and a thermistor sensor attached to one of the finger tips. Participants will perform a series of monitored breathing exercises.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (8)

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Hassett AL, Radvanski DC, Vaschillo EG, Vaschillo B, Sigal LH, Karavidas MK, Buyske S, Lehrer PM. A pilot study of the efficacy of heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback in patients with fibromyalgia. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2007 Mar;32(1):1-10. Epub 2007 Jan 12. — View Citation

Hertzog MA. Considerations in determining sample size for pilot studies. Res Nurs Health. 2008 Apr;31(2):180-91. doi: 10.1002/nur.20247. Review. — View Citation

Karavidas MK, Lehrer PM, Vaschillo E, Vaschillo B, Marin H, Buyske S, Malinovsky I, Radvanski D, Hassett A. Preliminary results of an open label study of heart rate variability biofeedback for the treatment of major depression. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2007 Mar;32(1):19-30. Epub 2007 Mar 1. — View Citation

Liu L, Ancoli-Israel S. Sleep Disturbances in Cancer. Psychiatr Ann. 2008 Sep 1;38(9):627-634. — View Citation

Reiner R. Integrating a portable biofeedback device into clinical practice for patients with anxiety disorders: results of a pilot study. Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2008 Mar;33(1):55-61. doi: 10.1007/s10484-007-9046-6. Epub 2008 Feb 20. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	EORTC QLQ-C30 Questionnaire	Questionnaire developed to assess the quality of life of cancer patients. The QLQ-C30 is composed of both multi-item scales and single-item measures. These include five functional scales, three symptom scales, a global health status / QoL scale, and six single items.; Each of the multi-item scales includes a different set of items - no item occurs in more than one scale. All of the scales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100. A high scale score represents a higher response level.Thus a high score for a functional scale represents a high / healthy level of functioning, a high score for the global health status / QoL represents a high QoL, but a high score for a symptom scale / item represents a high level of symptomatology / problems.	2 years
Secondary	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)	Measure the quality and patterns of sleep in adults. It differentiates from "poor" and "good" sleep quality by measuring seven areas. The order of the PSQI items has been modified from the original order in order to fit the first 9 items (which are the only items that contribute to the total score). Item 10 does not contribute to the PSQI score. In scoring the PSQI, seven component scores are derived, each scored 0 (no difficulty) to 3 (severe difficulty). The component scores are summed to produce a global score (range 0 to 21). Higher scores indicate worse sleep quality.	2 years