NCT07608458Not yet recruiting
Scheduled Meditation for Improving Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy
Scheduled Meditation for Perioperative Optimization: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Postoperative Outcomes, Pain, Anxiety, Insomnia, Stress, and Mobility in Pancreatectomy Patients
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 20 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This clinical trial tests the feasibility and how well a scheduled meditation intervention works to improve postoperative outcomes such as pain, anxiety, insomnia, stress and mobility for patients undergoing pancreatectomy. Many patients undergoing pancreatectomy surgery report clinically important fatigue, pain, and/or reduction in quality of life. Meditation is a behavioral intervention that has been studied in a variety of medical and surgical settings, where it has been associated with reductions in pain, anxiety, blood pressure, and lack of sleep, and in some cases with decreased pain and shorter length of stay. The meditation intervention using Headspace is an easily accessible and interactive way to complete scheduled meditation. This may improve postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing pancreatectomy.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 70 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 May 2026
- Start date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Primary completion date
- 25 Nov 2026
- Lead sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
- NCT number
- NCT07608458
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 70
- From 1 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 25 Nov 2026
- 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
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Prior treatment
- Participants with prior formal training in meditation or mindfulness (e.g., completion of structured courses, workshops, or certification programs)
Other
- Participants who currently engage in a structured meditation or mindfulness practice, including regular use of mobile applications (e.g., Headspace, Calm, or similar platforms) or other formalized routines
Who the study is looking for
- Documented informed consent of the participant and/or legally authorized representative
- Willing to install required apps on personal smartphone
- Willing to wear a Garmin wearable device throughout the study
- Age: ≥ 18 years
- Ability to read and understand English for questionnaires
- Owns a smartphone
- Comfortable with routine smartphone use
- Scheduled to undergo pancreatectomy
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hope Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duarte | United States | Unknown status |
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