Guided Meditation During Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecological Malignancies

Med-RT BG: An Interventional Trial Using Guided Meditation During Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecological Malignancies

The goal of this study is to assess the effect of brief mindfulness-guided meditations during radiation therapy (RT) for patients with anxiety related to RT for breast and gynecological cancers.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participant aged ≥ 18 years.
• Diagnosis of breast or gynelogical cancer.
• Eligible to receive 15-25 daily radiation therapy treatments for breast or gynelogical cancer.
• Willing to participate in either the guided meditation or standard of care control arm, regardless of treatment assignment.
• Karnofsky performance score ≥ 60 or ECOG performance score ≤ 2.
• Able to provide informed consent and willing to sign an approved consent form that conforms to federal and institutional guidelines.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Active suicidal ideation or active psychotic state in the opinion of the investigator.
• Patient is receiving deep inspiration breath hold treatment.
• An unstable illness that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with study treatment.
• Prior radiation therapy.
• Inability to understand and/or speak the English language.