Clinical trial · Interventional
Yoga Therapy in Treating Patients With Malignant Brain Tumors
Yoga and Brain Cancer: A Feasibility Study
NCT01234805CI-TRIAL-00033604terminatedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Slow Accruals
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This clinical trial studies yoga therapy in treating patients with malignant brain tumors. Yoga therapy may improve the quality of life of patients with brain tumors
Conditions
Conditions (23)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma | Adult Anaplastic Astrocytoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma | Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Adult Anaplastic Meningioma | Adult Anaplastic (Malignant) Meningioma | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma | Adult Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Adult Brain Stem Glioma | Adult Brain Stem Glioma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Adult Choroid Plexus Tumor | Adult Choroid Plexus Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma | Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Adult Ependymoblastoma | Adult Embryonal Tumor with Multilayered Rosettes, C19MC-Altered | ALIAS |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| quality-of-life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| yoga therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care (yoga therapy)
- description
- Patients participate in yoga classes comprising postures, deep relaxation, breathing practices, and meditation twice weekly for 75 minutes during weeks 1-6. Patients then practice yoga at home twice weekly for 45 minutes during weeks 7-12.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: yoga therapy
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Estimate the participation rate, accrual, adherence, and retention to a yoga trial in patients with malignant brain tumors
- timeFrame
- Up to 12 weeks
- description
- Track barriers to recruitment. Participation rate calculated as proportion of eligible patients who agree to participate. Study retention estimated as proportion of participating patients who complete questionnaires at Week 6. Further retention data obtained by tracking # of dropouts, when dropout occurs, \& reasons for dropout. Intervention adherence estimated as mean % of yoga classes attended. Summary statistics for patient characteristics, participation rates, adherence \& retention. 95% confidence intervals calculated for each feasibility measure.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: Signed protocol specific informed consent Are diagnosed with a Malignant Brain Tumor (Grades II-IV) Able to start the on-site yoga intervention within 1 week of first radiation treatment Are physically able to attend the intervention classes (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group \[ECOG\] performance status rating 0-2) Able to understand written and spoken English Have no medical contraindications reported by the attending physician Exclusion Criteria: Have practiced yoga on a regular basis (at least once a week) within the past 4 weeks to recruit participants who are not already regularly practicing yoga; given that the benefits of yoga are likely more immediate than long-term, however, we will enroll participants who have previously had a yoga practice
References
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