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NCT02620033

Impact of Yoga As Complementary Therapy in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy

Completed NA Last updated 20 January 2022
What this trial tests

NA trial testing Yoga therapy in Prostate Cancer in 30 participants. Completed in 31 December 2021.

Timeline
1 September 2015
Primary endpoint
29 June 2020
31 December 2021

Quick facts

Lead sponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
PhaseNA
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposesupportive care
Enrollment30
Start date1 September 2015
Primary completion29 June 2020
Estimated completion31 December 2021
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Who can join

Adults 30 to 80, male only, with Prostate Cancer. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The researchers hope to learn if yoga complementary therapy would improve health-related quality of life, recovery of urinary continence and erectile function in patients who underwent prostate cancer surgery (i.e. radical prostatectomy). We hypothesized that in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy, preoperative and postoperative Yoga complementary therapy would improve health- related quality of life (HRQOL), recovery of urinary continence and erectile function. This two-arm, randomized controlled pilot study will compare Yoga intervention to usual care group. The aim is to evaluate the efficacy of Yoga complementary therapy on HRQOL in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy (RP). Yoga therapy will be given to the intervention group three times in a week for 6 weeks prior to surgery and then initiated 3 weeks after the surgery for another 6 weeks. The yoga exercise will be tailored to the participant's comfort level. As an exploratory analysis, we will evaluate pro-inflammatory and immunological markers.

Publications & conference data

3 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Dysfunctional Natural Killer Cells in the Aftermath of Cancer Surgery.
    Angka L, Khan ST, Kilgour MK, Xu R, et al · · 2017 · cited 53× · PMID 28817109 · DOI 10.3390/ijms18081787
  2. Effects of yoga in men with prostate cancer on quality of life and immune response: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
    Kaushik D, Shah PK, Mukherjee N, Ji N, et al · · 2022 · cited 40× · PMID 34815548 · DOI 10.1038/s41391-021-00470-w
  3. Effects of exercise on angiogenesis biomarkers in cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Wang J, He Y, Wang Z, Wang Z, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41583457 · DOI 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1705472

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