A Feasibility Study of Hatha Yoga in Couples Coping With Lung Cancer
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Terminated
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Feasibility of Yoga Program in Lung Cancer Participants Receiving Radiation determined by attendance
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this research study is to learn the opinion of patients and their caregiving about a couple-based Hatha Yoga program during treatment for cancer. Researchers also want to learn the effect of this program on lung function, distress, and quality of life.
Detailed Description
If participant agrees to take part, participant's medical history and demographic information (such as age, sex, and race) will be recorded. By signing this consent, participant also agrees that participant's caregiving partner will be approached to take part in this study.
Questionnaires:
Participant will complete about 10 questionnaires before participant's first radiation treatment and again after participant completes participant's treatment schedule (usually 6 weeks later). The questionnaires ask about participant's health, any symptoms participant may be having, participant's mood, participant's level of fatigue, participant's sleeping habits, participant's relationship, and participant's quality of life. It should take about 45 minutes to complete these questionnaires.
Participant will complete about 5 questionnaires again halfway through participant's radiation treatment schedule. These questionnaires ask about participant's quality of life. These should take about 20 minutes to complete.
During each week of radiation therapy, participant will also complete a questionnaire asking participant's feelings about the Hatha Yoga sessions. Participant will be asked to list what participant liked or disliked, what participant found most and least useful, and how participant would rate the instructor. Participant will also be asked about how often participant practices outside of class and if participant thinks they are benefitting from the Hatha Yoga program. It should take about 5 minutes to answer this questionnaire. Participant's answers to the questions will not be shared with participant's caregiving partner.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) stages I through IIIB who are going to receive at least 5 weeks of thoracic radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy undergoing daily radiation treatment in the Department of Radiation Oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) and an eligible and consenting caregiving partner.
- •Patients and caregiving partners must both be at least 18 years old.
- •Participants have a study eligible and consenting caregiving partner spouse or significant other (e.g, romantic partner). (i.e. spouse, romantic/domestic partners, significant others).
- •Patients and caregiving partners should be able to read, write, and speak English.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who are not oriented to time, place, and person.
- •Patients who have practiced Tibetan or Hatha yoga in the year prior to diagnosis on a regular basis.
- •Lung cancer patients with a life expectancy of less than 6 months per attending physician estimation.
- •Lung cancer patients with the attending physician-rated Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of greater than 2 at the time of radiotherapy initiation.
Arms & Interventions
Hatha Yoga
Participants receive 18 sessions of Hatha yoga over the course of radiation therapy. Each 45 to 60 minute session guided by an instructor. Participant should attend each session together with their caregiving partner. Some sessions videotaped. At first session, participant given a CD and instructions for practicing Hatha yoga at home. Questionnaire completion at baseline, during radiation therapy, and at completion of radiation therapy.
Intervention: Hatha Yoga (Other)
Hatha Yoga
Participants receive 18 sessions of Hatha yoga over the course of radiation therapy. Each 45 to 60 minute session guided by an instructor. Participant should attend each session together with their caregiving partner. Some sessions videotaped. At first session, participant given a CD and instructions for practicing Hatha yoga at home. Questionnaire completion at baseline, during radiation therapy, and at completion of radiation therapy.
Intervention: Questionnaires (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Feasibility of Yoga Program in Lung Cancer Participants Receiving Radiation determined by attendance
Time Frame: 6 weeks
If over 50% of eligible participants participate and at least 80% of the participants are evaluable for follow-up (completing at least one follow-up assessment in the middle of radiotherapy and during the last week of radiotherapy), the study will be deemed feasible.
Feasibility of Yoga Program in Lung Cancer Participants Receiving Radiation determined by questionnaire responses.
Time Frame: 6 weeks
If over 50% of eligible participants participate and at least 80% of the participants are evaluable for follow-up (completing at least one follow-up assessment in the middle of radiotherapy and during the last week of radiotherapy), the study will be deemed feasible. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Lung Cancer-specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-LC13) used for the follow-up assessment.
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported