Clinical trial · Interventional
Yoga Intervention for Reducing Fatigue in Cancer Patients
Yoga Intervention and Reminder E-mails for Reducing Cancer-related Fatigue - a Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
NCT04433793CI-TRIAL-00047556CarficompletedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- 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)
Cancer patients suffer from severe exhaustion and tiredness that is disproportionate to previous efforts and that cannot be completely reduced by sleep. The effectiveness of an 8 week yoga therapy (one hour a week) in patients with different cancer types on self-reported fatigue will be tested.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Fatigue | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Yoga group
- description
- Patients in the yoga group will receive yoga therapy, one hour every week for eight weeks.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Yoga therapy
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Waitlist-control group
- description
- Patients in the waitlist-control group will receive no intervention at first, but nine weeks after IG, they will get the opportunity to also receive yoga therapy for 8 weeks.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Changes from self-reported fatigue after participation in yoga therapy.
- timeFrame
- T0: At the beginning of the study, T1: after 9 weeks
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * oncological disease * planned to undergo cancer related treatment at radiotherapy outpatient clinic or the interdisciplinary oncological therapy outpatient clinic * reported fatigue symptoms: (intensity ≥4, impairment ≥ 5). Exclusion Criteria: * insufficient knowledge of German * severe emotional or physical impairment * more than 50km distance to the university hospital which would require travelling.
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDZetzl T, Schuler M, Renner A, Jentschke E, van Oorschot B. Yoga intervention and reminder e-mails for reducing cancer-related fatigue - a study protocol of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychol. 2019 Sep 18;7(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s40359-019-0339-3. PMID 31533823
- DERIVEDMesser S, Oeser A, Wagner C, Wender A, Cryns N, Scherer RW, Mishra SI, Monsef I, Holtkamp U, Andreas M, Brockelmann PJ, Ernst M, Skoetz N. Yoga for fatigue in people with cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 May 27;5(5):CD015520. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015520. PMID 40421669