An interventional study of Yoga and Delayed yoga classes in Breast Cancer, sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 21 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2012-11-28.
Sponsored by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
This purpose of this study is to test whether a 6-month yoga program improves quality of life and reduces fatigue and weight gain in breast cancer survivors.
Women who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of breast cancer than normal weight women. Furthermore, women who are overweight or obese or gain weight after diagnosis have an increased risk of recurrence or dying from breast cancer compared with normal weight women. Yoga has been associated with reduced weight gain and weight loss in persons without cancer. However, no studies have tested whether yoga leads to less weight gain or weight loss in breast cancer patients. Both obesity and the sequelae of breast cancer therapy can result in reduced health-related quality of life and severe fatigue, which may also be favorably affected by yoga practice. The specific aims of the proposed trial are to examine, in women with Stage 0-IIIa breast cancer who are at least 3 months post primary treatment for their disease (other than tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors), the effects of a 6-month yoga intervention on health-related quality of life, fatigue, and body weight.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Immediate yoga classes offered
Behavioral: Yoga
Delayed yoga classes (after 6 months) offered \[wait list control group\]
Other: Delayed yoga classes
Instructor-led yoga classes 1/time per week + 4 days of home practice
Delayed yoga classes (after 6 months) offered \[wait list control group\]
quality of life, fatigue, and body weight
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
waist and hip circumference
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
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