Guided Meditation During Radiation Therapy for Breast and Gynecological Malignancies
Recruiting · NCT07166042 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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10-15 minute, Audio-Recorded Guided Mediation Practices
What this trial is about
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.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
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.
Where it is running
1 location listed across 1 US state.
- Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States