Can yoga ease cancer Treatment's toll on patients and families?

NCT ID NCT03948100

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a yoga program designed for both patients and their family caregivers can improve physical function, fatigue, sleep, mood, and quality of life. It includes 400 people with lung or esophageal cancer who are getting radiation therapy, plus their caregivers. Participants are randomly assigned to either yoga sessions or educational sessions, and researchers track their progress over several months.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

yoga and educational sessions

What this could lead to

If it works, this could offer a simple, drug-free way to help cancer patients and their caregivers feel better physically and emotionally during treatment.

What could go wrong

This is an early-stage behavioral study, not a treatment for cancer itself. Results may vary, and benefits might be modest or not apply to everyone.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

carcinoma of esophagus esophageal cancer Esophageal Neoplasms lung cancer lung neoplasm non-small cell lung carcinoma

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

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Locations

  • M D Anderson Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

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