Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Mindfulness-Based Exercise Video in Educating Hispanic/Latino Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Their Caregivers

Study Description

Brief Summary: This randomized pilot trial studies mindfulness-based program in educating patients with colorectal cancer and their caregivers. A mindfulness-based exercise video may help reduce stress and fatigue in patients with colorectal cancer and their caregivers.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate the effect of a brief educational program on colorectal cancer knowledge acquisition in a 3-arm randomized clinical trial (Control Group: standard of care; Treatment Group 1: cancer education; Treatment Group 2: mindfulness + cancer education) comparing visual/written educational material with and without mindfulness training to the standard of care. II. To determine the priming effect of a brief mindfulness training on retaining knowledge of colorectal cancer education. III. To determine the joint effect of colorectal cancer education delivered to both the patient and a caregiver on the overall colorectal cancer knowledge. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine the relative changes in psychobiological variables (stress, anxiety, depression, mindfulness, fatigue, life benefit) from pre (T0) to post (T1) intervention in the 3 arms of the clinical trials. II. To measure changes in salivary cortisol levels as an indicator of acute stress reactivity across 4 time points across a one-hour period (i.e., 0 min, 20 min, 40 min, 60 min) during active chemotherapy (T1). III. To determine the moderating effect of baseline peripheral levels of inflammation (interleukin-1 \[IL-1\], IL-6, c-reactive protein \[CRP\] and tumor necrosis factor alpha \[TNFa\]) on the trajectory of salivary cortisol reactivity. OUTLINE: Patients and caregivers are randomized to 1 of 3 groups. GROUP I: Patients and caregivers receive standard of care. GROUP II: Patients and caregivers receive a 20-minute self-playing interactive educational video brochure. GROUP III: Patients and caregivers receive a 20-minute self-playing interactive educational video brochure and watch a 20-minute interactive mindfulness exercise video.

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Eligibility

Minimum Age: 18 Years

Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT

Sex: ALL

Healthy Volunteers: No

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