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Brief Title: A Feasibility Study Followed By A Randomized Phase II Study Of Yoga For Radiation Therapy Side Effects In Prostate Cancer
Official Title: A Feasibility Study Followed By A Randomized Phase II Study Of Yoga For Radiation Therapy Side Effects In Prostate Cancer
Study ID: NCT02135653
Brief Summary: 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.
Detailed Description: 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.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Name: Neha Vapiwala, MD
Affiliation: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR