Status:

COMPLETED

Yoga for Fatigue in the Survivors of Bone Marrow Transplantation

Lead Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Conditions:

Fatigue

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is a persistent problem that limits activities and causes distress. Considering the high prevalence of CRF among HCT survivo...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES Primary Objective: To assess the feasibility of an organized yoga intervention for HCT survivors with CRF. Hypothesis: A trial of yoga in the HCT survivor population will be deemed feasib...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Adult HCT survivors as defined by being at least 100 days post autologous or allogeneic transplantation for a malignant disease. There is no restriction to enrollment by donor type, donor cell source, presence or absence of graft versus host disease.
  • Age ≥ 18 years at the time of transplant.
  • A history of persistent CRF as defined by a perception of general CRF for at least one month before enrollment.
  • A history of at least moderate CRF as defined by a CRF score of 4 or more on a 10-point Visual Analog Scale.
  • Participants who are deemed qualified for yoga movements according to the Yoga Qualifying Movements Screening Checklist (a checklist developed by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles to promote yoga safety through assessing the eligibility of each patient)

Exclusion

  • A self-reported current practice of yoga or any other mind-body therapy, including but not limited to meditation or hypnosis therapy in the past 30 days prior to study enrollment.
  • Subjects currently on supplemental oxygen support.
  • Subjects currently receiving hemodialysis.
  • Subjects currently admitted to an inpatient unit at Michigan Medicine.
  • Subjects with an uncontrolled, active infection. Subjects with viremia (Cytomegalovirus or other) may be enrolled, provided they are on active therapy and at the discretion of the treating physician.
  • Subjects who have relapsed after their autologous or allogeneic transplant.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 22 2017

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03299465

Start Date

December 22 2017

End Date

July 31 2018

Last Update

August 10 2018

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Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48105