Yoga and mindfulness may help cancer survivors heal from within

NCT ID NCT07161713

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: Barbara Nemesure Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 21, 2026 · Updated 4 times

Summary

This study tests whether yoga and mindfulness programs can improve quality of life, reduce inflammation, and even affect gene activity in people who have survived lung, colon, or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer. One hundred survivors, at least six months past treatment, will be randomly assigned to either oncology-informed yoga or a mindfulness program called SMART. The goal is to see if these mind-body practices help with emotional and physical well-being.

What this could mean

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Active substance: yoga and mindfulness-based stress reduction (SMART)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to help cancer survivors feel better and potentially reduce long-term health risks.
What could go wrong: This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefits may be modest, and the study cannot prove that yoga or mindfulness directly changes disease outcomes.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast neoplasm cancer colon carcinoma colonic neoplasm disease lung adenocarcinoma lung cancer lung neoplasm lymphoma neoplasm non-Hodgkin lymphoma plasma cell myeloma

As listed by the trial registrant

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

CANCER (COLON CANCER, BREAST CANCER, LYMPHOMA, CHRONIC LYMPHOMA LEUKEMIA, MULTIPLE MYELOMA) CANCER SURVIVORS CANCER SURVIVORSHIP COLON CANCER LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA METASTATIC LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE I LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE II LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE III LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE IIIB/IV LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA STAGE IV LUNG CANCER (DIAGNOSIS) NHL NHL - NON-HODGKIN&AMP;#39;S LYMPHOMA

Contacts and locations

Locations

Stony Brook University Cancer Center
RECRUITING

Stony Brook, New York, 11794, United States

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