Body Scan Activity on Bone Marrow Transplant Patients and Their Caregivers

Phase 1

Terminated

• Conditions: Hematological Malignancy
• Interventions: Behavioral: Body Scan; Other: Rotterdam Symptom Checklist; Other: Practice Logs

• Registration Number: NCT03611764
• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine

Brief Summary

This study will address whether teaching the Body Scan exercise to cancer patients with hematological malignancies and their caregivers during an inpatient hospitalization improves reported physical and psychological symptoms after a two-week period. Giving patients and caregivers the opportunity to learn mindfulness and the tools to practice on their own is expected to lead to a decrease in stress and anxiety, and help empower patients and caregivers to better cope with stress in the future.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-04-17
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-26
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-02
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-28
• Study Completion: 2018-08-28
• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-29
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

• Voluntary & self-selected patients and caregivers
• Located on the leukemia/lymphoma/bone marrow transplant floor at Barnes Jewish Hospital

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Exclusion Criteria

-Patients requiring a language translator or interpreter will be excluded from the study

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Arm 1: Body Scan	Body Scan	* The mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) of the Body Scan is expected to take 20 minutes * Participants will then be guided through the Body Scan. Beginning with awareness of sensations of the left toe, patients will be asked to observe these sensations without judgment, simply noticing and allowing them. Awareness of sensations will continue up through the left leg, then from the right toe up the right leg, then abdomen and chest, then fingertips to arms, then neck, and finally the head. After completing the Body Scan, participants will be given several minutes of quiet to reflect upon how they feel. After opening their eyes, participants will be given the opportunity to discuss and ask questions. * Caregivers will be encouraged to practice with the patient or on their own, in an additional space on the floor called the Zen Den
Arm 1: Body Scan	Practice Logs	* The mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) of the Body Scan is expected to take 20 minutes * Participants will then be guided through the Body Scan. Beginning with awareness of sensations of the left toe, patients will be asked to observe these sensations without judgment, simply noticing and allowing them. Awareness of sensations will continue up through the left leg, then from the right toe up the right leg, then abdomen and chest, then fingertips to arms, then neck, and finally the head. After completing the Body Scan, participants will be given several minutes of quiet to reflect upon how they feel. After opening their eyes, participants will be given the opportunity to discuss and ask questions. * Caregivers will be encouraged to practice with the patient or on their own, in an additional space on the floor called the Zen Den
Arm 1: Body Scan	Rotterdam Symptom Checklist	* The mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) of the Body Scan is expected to take 20 minutes * Participants will then be guided through the Body Scan. Beginning with awareness of sensations of the left toe, patients will be asked to observe these sensations without judgment, simply noticing and allowing them. Awareness of sensations will continue up through the left leg, then from the right toe up the right leg, then abdomen and chest, then fingertips to arms, then neck, and finally the head. After completing the Body Scan, participants will be given several minutes of quiet to reflect upon how they feel. After opening their eyes, participants will be given the opportunity to discuss and ask questions. * Caregivers will be encouraged to practice with the patient or on their own, in an additional space on the floor called the Zen Den

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure of distress in caregivers measured by the RSCL scores	Through 2 weeks	-Inferential statistics will be used to analyze the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL)
Measure of distress in patients measured by the RSCL scores	Through 2 weeks	-Inferential statistics will be used to analyze the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist (RSCL)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Frequency of body scan practice	Through 2 weeks	-Practice Logs will be used to notate frequency of body scan practice

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States