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Virtual Mind-Body Exercises for People Having Pancreatic Surgery

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Pancreas Disease
Interventions
Other: Enhanced usual care
Other: Virtual mind-body group exercise classes
Registration Number
NCT05431556
Lead Sponsor
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out if it is practical to provide 2 interventions, VMB exercise classes and EUC (pre-recorded self-care videos), during the perioperative period (before and after surgery) to improve health-related outcomes and quality of life for people undergoing a pancreatectomy.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
29
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age ≥ 18 years or older
  • Any pancreas disease (benign, pre-malignant, or malignant) and will be undergoing pancreatectomy
  • Has at least one week to participate in the study prior to the anticipated surgery date
  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status 0 or 1
  • English-speaking only
Exclusion Criteria
  • Unable to give informed consent due to cognitive impairment or impaired decisionmaking capacity
  • Cognitive impairment precluding response to study assessments
  • Received neoadjuvant or any chemoradiation in the past 60 days
  • Unwilling to accept random assignment
  • Unwilling to commit to the 12-week study time period
  • Unlikely to be compliant because of social factors that prevent patients from attending classes or doing home practice (e.g., unreliable internet, no access to a computer)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Enhanced usual care (EUC)Enhanced usual carePre-recorded self-care videos.
Virtual mind-body group exercise classes (VMB)Virtual mind-body group exercise classesWill be provided with the schedule and links to the web-based mind-body exercises offered by MSK in real-time via the Zoom video conferencing platform. Each session is led by a licensed clinician (e.g., licensed dance therapist, certified yoga instructor, nurse specialist/physical trainer) with specific expertise in the oncology setting.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility of the Virtual Mind-Body Exercises program as measured by enrollment rate1 year

total number of patients invited, and the total number of study participants will be recorded

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
improving patient-reported outcomes (PROs)1 year

Changes in HADS anxiety scores. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) will be used to explore the effect of treatments on psychological distress, specifically on anxiety. HADS is a 14-item scale with seven items measuring depression and seven items measuring anxiety. Each item is answered by the patient on a four-point (0-3) response category; possible scores range from 0-21 for anxiety and depression, with higher scores indicating higher symptomatology. Established cutoffs are: 0-7 not significant; 8-10 subclinical; and 11-21 clinically significant depression/anxiety.

Trial Locations

Locations (7)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Consent Only)

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Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Consent Only)

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Middletown, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Consent Only)

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Montvale, New Jersey, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Consent Only)

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Commack, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Consent Only)

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Harrison, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (All Protocol Activities)

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New York, New York, United States

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Consent Only)

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Uniondale, New York, United States

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