Status:

COMPLETED

Pain of Patients, Suffering of Caregivers: Evaluation of the Benefit of Full Consciousness Meditation in Oncology

Lead Sponsor:

Centre Francois Baclesse

Collaborating Sponsors:

Fondation de France

Cancéropôle Nord-Ouest

Conditions:

Cancer

Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study is based on the realization of a meditation program associating patients, caregivers and control subjects

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria for all participants (patients, caregivers and control subjects)
  • Participants aged 18 or over
  • Curious and motivated participant to participate in the program
  • Participant with no current or previous experience of regular or intensive practice of meditation or a comparable practice. The practice is considered regular and / or intensive if:
  • it occurs more than one day per week for more than 6 consecutive months over the last 10 years,
  • and / or in case of more than 5 consecutive days of intensive practice (internship or retirement) in the last 10 years,
  • and / or more than 25 consecutive days of (cumulative) retirement over the last 10 years.
  • Participant available to follow the full meditation program (3 month period)
  • Participant agreeing to participate by signing the study information note
  • Participant able to understand, speak and read French
  • Patient capable of using digital media and having an internet connection
  • Patient-specific criteria (target population)
  • Patients with cancer,
  • State of health compatible with the study meditation program
  • Patient affiliated to a social Health sytem
  • Caregiver-specific criteria
  • All medical and / or paramedical staff of the sponsor Center in contact with patients (doctors, nurse, caregiver, radiotherapy manipulator MERM)
  • Criteria specific to the control population - Any voluntary person not belonging to the two categories above
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • For all participants
  • Participant with significant vulnerability factors dependence on alcohol and drugs, severe depression, severe social anxiety, recent mourning etc.).
  • Participant who cannot submit to the follow-up of the trial for geographic, social or psychopathological reasons
  • For patients
  • Very advanced stage of cancer disease with life-threatening commitment,
  • Participant deprived of liberty or under guardianship
  • For control subjects
  • \- Nursing staff, regardless of their place of practice

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    September 10 2020

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    February 11 2021

    Estimated Enrollment :

    31 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04410185

    Start Date

    September 10 2020

    End Date

    February 11 2021

    Last Update

    March 4 2021

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    Centre François Baclesse

    Caen, France