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Comparing the Impact of Four Types of Meditation Practices for Relaxation in Cancer Survivors
Led by City of Hope Medical Center · Updated on 2025-07-11
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Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
C
City of Hope Medical Center
Lead Sponsor
N
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This clinical trial compares the impact of four types of meditation practices, breathing only, focused attention only, mindfulness only, and breathing, focused attention and mindfulness combined, for relaxation in cancer survivors. Studies show that many patients with cancer experience stress and anxiety. Meditation therapy uses a variety of techniques, such as breathing, sound, or movement, that may help to decrease distress and anxiety and enhance the health and quality of life of patients with cancer. The trial is being done to find out how meditation can help cancer survivors feel relaxed and attain a peaceful state of mind.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Comparing the Impact of Four Types of Meditation Practices for Relaxation in Cancer Survivors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Provide documented written informed consent
- Age 18 years or older
- Ability to understand and fluently speak English or Spanish
- No prior meditation or mind-body relaxation training exceeding 3 hours
- No regular or formal practice of mind-body relaxation techniques within the past 12 months
- Visual Analog Scale anxiety score greater than 3 out of 10
- Long-term cancer survivors treated with surgery only, with no chemotherapy, radiation, or systemic therapy, or fully recovered from surgery
- Patients with surgically treated pre-cancerous lesions
- Willingness to provide saliva samples, complete stress tests and questionnaires, and be monitored with a Bispectral Index device
You will not qualify if you...
- Unable to complete study procedures and time requirements
- History of serious neurological illnesses such as strokes, heart attacks, or Parkinson disease
- Active psychiatric conditions including depressive/bipolar disorders, anxiety, psychosis, substance use, panic disorder, major depression, schizophrenia, or bipolar disease
- Active cancer
- Received chemotherapy, radiation, or systemic cancer treatments
- Women who are pregnant
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States, 91010
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2
City of Hope at Irvine Lennar
Irvine, California, United States, 92618
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
4
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