RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT04049214

Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal

Feasibility Study to Determine the Effect of Meditation on Perioperative Pain and Distress in Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients

Sponsor

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

Enrollment

24 participants

Start Date

Jul 31, 2019

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Breast Cancer DCIS

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria6

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 Criteria10

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).

Interventions

OTHERMeditation

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.