Clinical trial · Interventional
Pre-Operative Guided Meditation to Reduce Pre-Operative Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cancer-Directed Surgery
Enhancing Quality of Patient Experience Via an Innovative Reduction of Pre-Operative Anxiety
- 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 clinical trial tests how well guided meditation, compared to silence, works to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer-directed surgery. Pre-operative anxiety affects patient experience and has been found to be a predictor of severe post-operative pain and chronic pain after surgery, influencing the success and quality of a patient's recovery. While medication is often prescribed to improve anxiety symptoms, research has showed that mindfulness techniques can be used to decrease anxiety, improve comfort, and can impact both psychological and physiologic symptoms. Completing pre-operative guided meditation may work well to reduce pre-operative anxiety in patients undergoing cancer directive surgery.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | Hematopoietic and Lymphatic System Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Malignant Solid Neoplasm | Malignant Solid Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Electronic Health Record Review | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Survey Administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Arm I (guided meditation)
- description
- Patients listen to 10 minutes of guided meditation prior to surgery.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention
- Other: Electronic Health Record Review
- Other: Survey Administration
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Arm II (noise cancelling headphones)
- description
- Patients wear noise cancelling headphones for 10 minutes prior to surgery.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Behavioral Intervention
- Other: Electronic Health Record Review
- Other: Survey Administration
Primary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Participants will be recruited among patients who are scheduled for cancer-directed surgery * Participants must be 18 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * Participants will be excluded from the study if they cannot speak English (as the meditation is recorded in English) * Currently incarcerated * Have a diagnosis of dementia * Are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) * Have a hearing impairment that would make them unable to hear the recorded meditation
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