Clinical trial · Interventional
Preoperative Guided Imagery in Patients Undergoing Urologic Surgery
- 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 is a prospective randomized controlled trial of patients undergoing major urologic-oncologic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This clinical trial examines the effect of guided meditation before surgery on the levels of anxiety, stress, sleep disturbance, and quality of life among patients scheduled to undergo a major urologic surgery for cancer. A cancer diagnosis and the treatments associated with it can be very stressful for patients, leading to depression, sleep disturbances, and lower quality of life. Mind-body practices such as guided meditation have been used for thousands of years to reduce the effects of chronic stress and to improve quality of life. This clinical trial examines the effects of guided meditation on the stress, depression, and quality of life levels of patients undergoing urologic surgery for their cancer.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urologic Cancer | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Meditation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Meditation
- description
- Participants randomized to the meditation arm will receive an mp3 audio recording of the visual guided meditation will be sent an additional mp3 file specifically for the recovery phase of surgery. Participants will be asked to complete a series of pre-study questionnaires to determine their baseline anxiety, depression, stress, and quality of life scores. Subjects will then complete the same questionnaires at four additional time points: after 10 days of daily meditations, 1 day before their surgery, and day after discharge, and 4 weeks post-operation.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Guided Meditation
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control group
- description
- Participants received standard of care, including the option to attend a free "Prepare for Surgery workshop". Participants will be asked to complete a series of pre-study questionnaires to determine their baseline anxiety, depression, stress, and quality of life scores. Subjects will then complete the same questionnaires at four additional time points: after 10 days of daily meditations, 1 day before their surgery, and day after discharge, and 4 weeks post-operation.
Primary outcomes (1)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Greater than or equal to 18 years of age. * Patients undergoing radical cystectomy, radical or partial nephrectomy, or radical prostatectomy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center * Access to an electronic device that can play mp3 recording and for survey completion * At least a 2 week window from date of surgical booking to the scheduled surgery Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to consent for the study (ie, they have a surrogate decision maker). * Non-English speaker (the meditations are only available in English) * Patients scheduled for surgery less than 2 weeks away
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