Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Prayer as a Possible Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Prayer as a Possible Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer

Official Title: Prayer as a Possible Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer - A Randomized Partially Blinded Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating the Effect of Prayer on Humoral and Biochemical Parameters in Stage I-IV Breast Cancer

Study ID: NCT00519545

Conditions

Breast Neoplasms

Interventions

Prayer

Study Description

Brief Summary: The goal of this study is to help determine the biochemical mechanisms underlying previously demonstrated health benefits of prayer, and to track humoral changes in various prayer activities.

Detailed Description: The purpose of this pilot study is to investigate certain biological mechanisms that may underlie the beneficial effects seen among cancer patients who pray. It will evaluate the effect of prayer on humoral (including biochemical/physiological inflammatory/immune) parameters, monitor changes in cancer related biomarkers and evaluate the effect of prayer on blood pressure, quality of life, health and dietary habits in relation to prayer activities, using validated questionnaires.