Clinical trial · Interventional
The Impact of Qigong on Quality of Life and Sleep Disturbance in Head and Neck Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
The Impact of the Digital Traditional Qigong Regimen Exercises on Quality of Life and Sleep Disturbance in Head and Neck Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
- 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 study aimed to observe how a six week qigong program influence patients with head and neck cancer during active radiotherapy treatment course. The quality of life, sleep dysfunction or depression and shoulder and neck function will be accessed by questionnaire, and ANS function will be objectively investigated using heart rate variability measurement.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head and Neck Cancer | Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qigong | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Wait-list control | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Qigong
- description
- Patients in the Qigong group receive Qigong,a mind-body exercise, 3 times a week, for 6 weeks during radiotherapy course. The participants are given a DVD contains Qigong program, and they attend the Qigong class in a health education room at the radiation oncology department to assure their attendance.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Qigong
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- wait-list control
- description
- Patients who are assigned to the wait-list control are told to have some exercise by their own but no actually attend the the class in fact.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Wait-list control
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Male
- Minimum age
- 20 Years
- Maximum age
- 65 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: \- Clinical diagnosis of Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, subsites including nasopharyngeal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, oral cancer, hypopharyngeal cancer and laryngeal cancer Performance status ECOG 0-1 Physically able to participate in the qigong program Exclusion Criteria: \- Previous radiotherapy to head and neck region Patients who refused to sign the informed consents Patients who took antihypertensive drugs, sedatives, or antiarrhythmic drugs
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