The Effect of Yoga on Nerve Pain Caused by Chemotherapy (Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy)

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

268

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 29, 2021

Primary Completion Date

October 1, 2025

Study Completion Date

October 1, 2025

Conditions
Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral NeuropathyNerve PainNeuropathyNeuropathy, PainfulPainCIPN - Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral NeuropathyChronic Pain
Interventions
OTHER

Yoga

Participants will have instructional yoga classes twice each week over the course of 8 weeks. Each yoga class will be 60 minutes, and it will be taught by an experienced yoga instructor. Participants will be provided with a home-based guided program for days classes are not held. Participants in the yoga group will also have the option to participate in a recorded final check-in session after they have completed their 16 yoga classes. The discussion facilitator will follow the Semi-Structured Interview Guide to further understand participants' experiences in the yoga group.

OTHER

Education control

Participants will have educational sessions over 8 weeks. The sessions will be on the causes and impact of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN), how yoga may help with CIPN, and how different therapies may help with CIPN. To encourage participation and adherence, patients in the EC group will receive sixteen free yoga sessions after completing the study. Patients in the EC group will be asked to not go for their own yoga classes locally until their participation in the study is completed.

OTHER

Usual care

Participants in the usual care control group will complete the same assessments as the other two arms. To encourage participation and adherence, patients in the UC group will receive sixteen free yoga sessions after completing the study. Patients in the UC group will be asked to not go for their own yoga classes locally until their participation in the study is completed.

Trial Locations (8)

10065

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York

10604

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Westchester (Limited Protocol Activities), Harrison

11553

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Nassau (Limited Protocol Activities), Rockville Centre

11725

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Suffolk- Commack (Limited Protocol Activities), Commack

02115

RECRUITING

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston

07920

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Basking Ridge (Limited Protocol Activities), Basking Ridge

07748

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities), Middletown

07645

RECRUITING

Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (Limited Protocol Activities), Montvale

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

lead

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

OTHER