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Keep this study
Lead
Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
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.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patients
Prostate cancer patients undergoing active radiation therapy (external beam radiation with photons and/ or protons). Prior or concurrent androgen deprivation therapy is permitted.
Patients of age \>18 years, and all races will be included in the study.
Patients must have an ECOG Performance Score ≤ 1
All patients must sign an informed consent form
Caregivers
Subject is age \>18 years
Subject is English-speaking
Subject must sign an informed consent form
You may not be if
Patients
Patients with medical restrictions that may interfere with or prevent them from taking part in the yoga interventions per their physician orders as evaluated by ECOG Performance Status score.
Active, regular cigarette smokers, such that smoking may interfere with relaxation and breathing modalities of the yoga interventions. (Smokers that have been smoke-free for 6 months may be included)
Patients who currently practice or have recently practiced yoga (taken a yoga class on a regular basis in the last 6 months).
Patients who are undergoing chemotherapy for any reason
Patients with evidence of metastatic disease
Caregivers
Subjects that are unwilling or unable to provide informed consent
Subjects with medical restrictions that may interfere with or prevent them from taking part in the yoga interventions
Active, regular cigarette smokers, such that smoking may interfere with relaxation and breathing modalities of the yoga interventions. (Smokers that have been smoke-free for 6 months may be included)
Patients who currently practice or have recently practiced yoga (taken a yoga class on a regular basis in the last 6 months).
