Clinical trial · Interventional
Supportive Intervention Programs Study
Supportive Intervention Programs to Lessen Treatment Related Symptoms
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This randomized clinical trial studies the preliminary efficacy of a yoga skills training (YST) compared to counseling and education (CE) for reducing treatment-related symptoms in patients with colorectal cancer who are receiving chemotherapy. The YST may reduce fatigue, other treatment-related symptoms, and improve the quality of life (QOL) of patients with colorectal cancer. It is not yet known whether YST is more effective then CE in reducing these outcomes.
Conditions
Conditions (7)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nausea and Vomiting | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pain | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Recurrent Colon Cancer | Malignant Colon Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Recurrent Rectal Cancer | Malignant Rectal Neoplasm | CURATED_BROADER | 0.78 |
| Stage I-IVB Colon Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Stage I-IVB Rectal Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (7)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| assessment of therapy complications | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| educational intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| laboratory biomarker analysis | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| management of therapy complications | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| quality-of-life assessment | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Yoga therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 1 (YST)
- description
- Patients participate in three 15-minute YST sessions, comprising awareness meditation practice, movement practice, and breathing practice and relaxation. Patients also receive a CD recording of a 15-minute YST session and are instructed to practice the YST at home 4 times weekly.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: Yoga therapy
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Procedure: quality-of-life assessment
- Other: laboratory biomarker analysis
- Other: assessment of therapy complications
- Procedure: management of therapy complications
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm 2 (CE)
- description
- Patients participate in three 15-minute CE sessions, comprising empathic attention with an interventionist who allows patients to direct the flow of conversation and provides supportive comments according to standardized procedures. Patients also receive CDs with recorded information related to coping with colorectal cancer similar in length to the suggested practice time in Arm I.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Signed protocol specific informed consent * Are diagnosed with colorectal cancer * Recruited within 2 weeks of initiating chemotherapy (including reinitiating chemotherapy after a treatment holiday of greater than or equal to 4 weeks) * Able to understand written and spoken English Exclusion Criteria: * Under age 18 (children with colorectal cancer) * Unable to read or understand English * Vulnerable subjects (except those who are economically or educationally disadvantaged)
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