Status:

COMPLETED

Calm for Cancer Sleep Disturbance

Lead Sponsor:

Arizona State University

Collaborating Sponsors:

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Conditions:

Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Cancer and cancer treatment often lead patients and survivors to experience a host of chronic symptoms, of which sleep disturbances are a major concern. Smartphone-based meditation via an already-deve...

Detailed Description

Cancer patients and survivors struggle with chronic symptom burden, including sleep disturbance, fatigue, depressive symptoms, and anxiety, among others. Sleep disturbance is one of the most common co...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Have a cancer diagnosis within the past 2 years
  • self-identify as sleep disturbed (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score of \>5 indicating moderate sleep disturbance)
  • own a mobile smartphone (iPhone with iOS 9.0 or later or an Android 4.1 or later)
  • willing to download a mobile app
  • able to read and understand English
  • aged 18 years or older
  • willing to be randomized to one of two groups
  • no change in pharmacologic therapy over the past two weeks
  • no change in sleep medication use (if any) over the past six weeks

Exclusion

  • meditation or meditative movement practice (i.e., yoga, tai chi, qigong) of greater than or equal to 60 min/month in the past six months
  • use of any consumer-based meditation app
  • reside outside of the United States
  • any planned change in pharmacologic therapy or planned stem cell transplant during the study interval (i.e., 20 weeks)
  • self-reported sleep-disordered breathing and/or sleep movement disorder

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04345068

Start Date

August 1 2020

End Date

June 1 2021

Last Update

February 25 2022

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Arizona State University

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85004