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| German Cancer Aid | OTHER |
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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.
Almost 90% of cancer patients suffer from symptoms of fatigue during treatment. Supporting treatments are increasingly used to alleviate the burden of fatigue. This study examines the short-term effects of yoga on fatigue, depression and quality of life. The aim of this study will evaluate the efficacy of yoga for cancer patients with mixed diagnoses reporting fatigue. We will randomly allocate 124 patients to an intervention group (N=62) receiving yoga and a wait-list control group (N=62) receiving yoga 9 weeks later. The yoga therapy will be performed in weekly sessions of 60 minutes each for 8 weeks. The primary outcome will be self-reported fatigue symptoms. Secondary outcome will be depression and Quality of life
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoga group | Experimental | Patients in the yoga group will receive yoga therapy, one hour every week for eight weeks. |
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| Waitlist-control group | No Intervention | 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. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Yoga therapy | Behavioral | One yoga session will last one hour. It consists of physical exercises (asanas), conscious breathing (Pranayama) and deep relaxation (Savasana). The subsequent body exercises are structured from lying to sitting to standing. The following sequence of exercises will be repeated in each yoga unit: 1) Relaxation: conscious breathing, body scan, mindfulness 2) Vein pump 3) Pelvis and back rotation (adapted variation of the "nakrasana") 4) Pelvis opening (adapted variation of the "supta baddha konasana") 5) Shoulder bridge ("setu bandha sarvangasana) 6) Forward folds (Paschimottanasana and variations with Pranayama) 7) Backbend: intense east stretch (Purvottasana) 8) Diagonal static yoga cat (Majariasana 1 and resting pose) 9) Standing exercise 10) Upward Salute(Urdhva Hastasana) 11) Warrior 1 (Virabhadrasana 1) 12) Warrior 3 (Virabhadrasana 3) 13) Tree (Vrkasana variation) 14) Relaxation (Savasana). |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes from self-reported fatigue after participation in yoga therapy. | Self-reported cancer related fatigue; measured with: European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Quality of life Questionnaire - Fatigue 13 (EORTC-QLQ-FA13); Scale 1-4; Higher scores mean a higher burden of fatigue | T0: At the beginning of the study, T1: after 9 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Changes from Quality of life in cancer patients | self-reported Quality of life in cancer patients, measured with European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - Quality of life Questionnaire -Cancer 15 Palliativ (EORTC-QLQ-C15-Pal); Item 1- 14: Scale 1-4; Higher scores represent lower quality of life, Item 15: Scale 1-7; a higher value represents higher Overall Quality of life | T0: At the beginning of the study, T1: after 9 weeks |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Interdisciplinary Centre, Palliativ Medicine | Würzburg | Bavaria | 97080 | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 31533823 | Background | Zetzl 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. | |
| 40421669 | Derived | Messer 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. |
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all individual participant data that underlie results in publication (demographics and clinical characteristics, fatigue, Depression and Quality of life)
starting 6 months after publication for 1 year
for comparisons of efficacy of different yoga styles or supportive therapy in cancer patients
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| ID | Term |
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| D005221 | Fatigue |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
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| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015013 | Yoga |
| ID | Term |
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| D026441 | Mind-Body Therapies |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026443 | Spiritual Therapies |
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A randomized controlled trial with cancer patients suffering from fatigue is planned. The study investigates the efficacy in terms of fatigue, depression and quality of life of eight-week yoga therapy (intervention group) compared to an 8-week waiting period without supportive intervention (control group).
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| Changes from Depression | self reported Depression, measured with patient health questionnaire -9 (PHQ-9); Scale: 1-4; higher score represents higher burden of depression | T0: At the beginning of the study, T1: after 9 weeks |
| D026241 |
| Exercise Movement Techniques |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |