Clinical trial · Interventional
Body Scan Activity on Bone Marrow Transplant Patients and Their Caregivers
The Mindfulness Pilot Project: The Effects of a Body Scan Activity on Bone Marrow Transplant Patients and Their Caregivers
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Only 5 caregivers decided to participate
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematological Malignancy | Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body Scan | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Practice Logs | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Rotterdam Symptom Checklist | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm 1: Body Scan
- description
- * 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
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Body Scan
- Other: Rotterdam Symptom Checklist
- Other: Practice Logs
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Measure of distress in patients measured by the RSCL scores
- timeFrame
- Through 2 weeks
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Voluntary \& self-selected patients and caregivers * Located on the leukemia/lymphoma/bone marrow transplant floor at Barnes Jewish Hospital Exclusion Criteria: -Patients requiring a language translator or interpreter will be excluded from the study
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