Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal

Description

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.

Conditions

Breast Cancer, DCIS

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Study Details

Study overview

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.

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

Perioperative Mindfulness Proposal

Condition
Breast Cancer
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Newport Beach

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, California, United States, 92663

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility 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
  • * 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).

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian,

Study Record Dates

2025-07-31