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NCT04607590Active, not recruiting

Yoga Program for Improving the Quality of Life in Couples Coping With Cancer

Yoga Program for Couples Coping With Cancer

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 Jul 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This clinical trial seeks to learn if a yoga program can improve physical performance, quality of life and symptom burden in cancer patients who are undergoing radiation therapy, and their partners. Taking part in yoga or stretching sessions may lower distress, improve quality of life, and/or may improve sleep and fatigue for cancer patients and their caregivers.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
600 (estimated)
First submitted
20 May 2020
Start date
31 May 2019
Primary completion date
30 Apr 2027
Lead sponsor
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
NCT number
NCT04607590

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 600
  • From 31 May 2019 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • PATIENTS ONLY: Who have regularly (self-defined) participated in a mind-body practice or exercise program in the year prior to diagnosis

Who the study is looking for

  • PATIENTS ONLY: Diagnosed with a lung cancer, head and neck cancer, or esophageal cancer to receive at least 25 fractions over 5 weeks of radiation therapy (RT)
  • PATIENTS ONLY: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of =\< 2
  • PATIENTS ONLY: Having a spouse or cohabitating partner (same or opposite sex) willing to participate
  • PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Must be at least 18 years old
  • PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Must be able to read and speak English
  • PATIENTS AND PARTNERS: Must be able to provide informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
M D Anderson Cancer Center
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status

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