NCT04049214 · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to determine if a regular meditation and breath work practice started before surgery and continued through post-surgical recovery can improve anxiety and pain related to breast cancer and its treatment.
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The purpose of this study is to determine if a regular meditation and breath work practice started before surgery and continued through post-surgical recovery can improve anxiety and pain related to breast cancer and its treatment.
Interventions
OTHER
Meditation
Two guided meditations will be provided to participants. They will be asked to meditate twice daily, once in the morning once before bed, for a total time of 12 minutes per day. Surgical treatment and postoperative care will be provided by surgeon preference and usual practice, including post-operative pain medications. For 12 weeks patients will maintain a daily meditation log, medication log and complete daily pain assessment questionnaire.
Primary outcome measures
Will daily meditation change pain in undergoing primary surgical treatment for newly diagnosed breast cancer, utilizing the MD Anderson Cancer Center Brief Pain Inventory (short form)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Baseline pain assessment will be administered after informed consent is obtained. One week before definitive breast cancer surgery research subjects will complete a one on one education session regarding meditation practice with a wellness coach (AW), and complete a baseline NCCN distress survey. They will begin a daily meditation practice. Two guided meditations will be provided to participants. They will be asked to meditate twice daily, once in the morning once before bed, for a total time of 12 minutes per day. Surgical treatment and postoperative care will be provided by surgeon preference and usual practice, including post-operative pain medications. For 12 weeks patients will maintain a daily meditation log, medication log and complete daily pain assessment questionnaire using the MD Anderson Cancer Center Brief Pain Inventory (short form)
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- Females 18 years of age or older
- Subject must be able to speak and read English
- Newly diagnosed with primary breast cancer
- Will receive primary surgical treatment for their breast cancer diagnosis.
- Undergoing lumpectomy with or without autologous reconstruction with or without contralateral surgery for symmetry with or without IORT or simple mastectomy without reconstruction
- Breast cancer or DCIS
Exclusion criteria
- Recurrent breast cancer
- Current or history of major psychiatric diagnosis.
- Subjects who are receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy
- Subjects undergoing modified radical mastectomy or reconstruction
- Subjects regular meditation practice within the past 12 months (defined as greater than twice weekly practice)
- Subjects unwilling or unable to complete study materials or comply with study visits
- Subjects with no access to email or a mobile phone (required to access meditations)
- Subjects undergoing surgery outside Hoag
- Subjects who have narcotic dependence as defined by regular weekly narcotic use before cancer diagnosis.
- Re-excision after lumpectomy (subjects who require re-excision after initial enrollment will be excluded from final analysis and dropped from the study).
Where
- Newport Beach, California
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