Neoplasms

Urinary Tract, Sexual Organs, and Pregnancy Conditions

All Conditions

Prostatic Neoplasms

Genital Neoplasms, Male

Urogenital Neoplasms

Genital Diseases

Genital Diseases, Male

Urogenital Diseases

Prostatic Diseases

Male Urogenital Diseases

Radiotherapy

Eischens Yoga

Neha Vapiwala, MD

This study will ascertain the feasibility and effect of Eischens yoga interventions on radiation related fatigue, sexual dysfunction and urinary incontinence in stage I /II prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy with photons and/or protons without prostatectomy. Subjects must be smoke free and have not taken regular yoga classes 6 months prior to enrollment. Subjects will participate in twice weekly yoga sessions for 8 weeks and complete 4 quality of life forms 5 times during study.

The feasibility study refers to the ability to recruit patients willing to participate in the Eischens yoga interventional arm. Those who are recruited during the feasibility study are seemlessly move to the Phase II study, and for this reason the feasibility study and Eischens yoga interventional arms are reported simply as the Eischens yoga interventional arm.

A Feasibility Study Followed By A Randomized Phase II Study Of Yoga For Radiation Therapy Side Effects In Prostate Cancer

A 9 item 11 point Likert-scale that rapidly assesses fatigue severity 0 - 90 range with greater numbers indicating greater levels of fatigue

7 item 5 point Likert-scale questionnaire. 0 - 35 range with larger number implies better physical well-being

7 item 5 point Likert-scale questionnaire. 0 - 35 range with larger number implies better social well-being

6 item 5 point Likert-scale questionnaire. 0 - 30 range with larger number implies better emotional well-being

7 item 5 point Likert-scale questionnaire. 0 - 35 range with larger number implies better functional well-being

5 item and 5 point Likert-scale The scores range from 0 to 25, with scores \>21 indicating normal erectile function and scores \<12 indicating moderate to severe ED

8 item 6 point Likert-scale Scores on this scale range from 0 to 35, with a score of 8 to 19 indicating moderate urinary symptoms and 20 to 35 severe urinary symptoms

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Feasibility Phase and Phase II: Yoga Group have been combined because the feasibility phase's purpose was to identify and recruit patients willing to participate in the Phase II: Yoga Group. Those in the feasibility are seamlessly enrolled in the Phase II: Yoga Group.

Feasibility/Phase II: Radiotherapy and Eischens Yoga

Phase II: Radiotherapy Wihtout Eischens Yoga

Phase II: Radiotherapy Without Eischens Yoga

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Age, Categorical

Age, Continuous

Sex: Female, Male

Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)

Race (NIH/OMB)

United States

Region of Enrollment

Feasibility Phase and Phase II: Radiotherapy and Eischens Yoga have been combined because the feasibility phase's purpose was to identify and recruit patients willing to participate in the Phase II: Radiotherapy and Eischens Yoga. Those in the feasibility are seamlessly enrolled in the Phase II: Radiotherapy and Eischens Yoga

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