The Effect Of Meditation On Quality Of Life In Women With Breast Cancer And Other Gynecological Cancers

NCT ID: NCT00248911

Last Updated: 2017-02-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 94 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2003-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2010-03-31

Brief Summary

Women with breast cancer and other gynecologic cancers often suffer significant distress and disability from their disease. A practice of meditation-based stress reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning may help women with these conditions decrease their suffering and improve their quality of life.

Detailed Description

The objective of this project in women recently treated for breast or other gynecologic cancer is to determine whether an intervention program consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning has the potential for reducing disabling distress and improving quality of life in a population vulnerable to the progression or recurrence of disease. Quality of life will be assessed at 12 months.

Conditions

Breast Cancers; Gynecologic Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Mindfulness based meditation program

Meditation and Breast Cancer: Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness based meditation program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Interventions

Mindfulness based meditation program

Subjects will participate in an intervention consisting of group and individual instruction in a meditation-based practice of stress-reduction and cognitive-affective-behavioral learning.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Meditation and Breast Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All women with stage I-III breast or other gynecologic cancer who have received treatment within the preceding year will be eligible for inclusion in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients who refuse to participate will be excluded
• Patients with Metastatic cancer are excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 101 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Avon Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mary E. Charlson, MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Mary E Charlson, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Joseph Loizzo, MD,PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Center for Complementary and Intergrative Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical College

Locations

Weill Cornell Medical College-New York Hospital

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

0209005792

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id