Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified December 2012 by National Taiwan University Hospital

Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

National Taiwan University Hospital

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT01743573

First received: November 20, 2012

Last updated: December 5, 2012

Last verified: December 2012

History of Changes

Purpose

This study wants to prove that Yoga Training can improve physical Fitness, immunity, and quality of Life of in Breast Cancer Survivors. In summary, our findings show potential benefits of yoga for people with cancer in improvements of psychological health. Because of the small number of studies having been conducted and the methodological limitations, the results should be regarded as preliminary and treated with caution. Our preliminary findings also provide practitioners with important information that yoga may be a possible adjunctive therapy for cancer patients to help manage psychological distress and to improve quality of life.

Condition	Intervention
Breast Cancer	Other: yoga

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title:	Effects on Physical Fitness, Immunity, and Quality of Life of Yoga Training in Breast Cancer Survivors.

Resource links provided by NLM:

Genetics Home Reference related topics: breast cancer

MedlinePlus related topics: Breast Cancer Cancer Exercise and Physical Fitness Fatigue

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 13th weeks [ Time Frame: 13th week ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

change from baseline immunological factors, cardiorespiratory and muscle fitness, questionnaire for physical activity, fatigue and quality of life at 25th weeks [ Time Frame: 25th week ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]

Estimated Enrollment:	80
Study Start Date:	March 2009
Primary Completion Date:	March 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
Experimental: yoga training Yoga training	Other: yoga
No Intervention: control no yoga training

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

breast cancer with stage1 or stage2, Sedentary life style, no orthopaedic disease and medical disease

Exclusion criteria

recurrent or metastasis, medical or current psychiatric illness which would make compliance with the study protocol difficult or dangerous, medications which would alter training response

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01743573

Contacts

Contact: Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD

jytsauo@ntu.edu.tw

Locations

Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital	Recruiting
Taipei, Taiwan
Contact: Tsauo Jau-Yih, Ph.D +886-2-33662180 jytsauo@ntu.edu.tw

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Jau-Yih Tsauo, PhD

National Taiwan University Hospital

More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party:	National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT01743573 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	200811002R
Study First Received:	November 20, 2012
Last Updated:	December 5, 2012
Health Authority:	Taiwan: Department of Health

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 16, 2013

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