Specific aim #1: Assess feasibility (i.e., acceptability, practicality, demand, limited efficacy) of a home-based, online yoga intervention in patients following allogeneic stem cell transplant. Feasibility benchmarks will include: \>70% satisfied with the intervention and \>70% intending to continue participating in online yoga (i.e., acceptability); \>70% of participants achieving an average of \>42 min/week (70% of presceibed 60 min/week) of online yoga throughout the 12-week intervention (i.e., demand); \>70% completing questionnaires across all four time points (i.e., practicality); at least small effect sizes of the intervention on physical function, fatigue, anxiety, sleep disturbance, social functioning, pain interference, depression, and quality of life as compared to a podcast control group (i.e., limited efficacy).
Online Yoga Group: The intervention will be 12-weeks in duration and will consist of a series of pre-approved online yoga classes (6 manufactured specifically for the cancer-afflicted patients instructed by Udaya yoga therapist, Jules Mitchell, MS). Patients will be asked to complete a minimum of 60 minutes per week of yoga practice with encouragement to do more if they can. All Udaya.com videos will include a proper warm-up, cool down, and closing mindfulness activity (i.e., message from yoga therapist, brief meditation, final relaxation). Qualified Udaya yoga instructors who collectively have over 200 years of training and experience will expertly instruct the online yoga classes. Participants will be instructed to view a safety handout (see yoga safety \& modifications handout) before gaining access to the Udaya video library. Yoga therapist, Jules Mitchell and PIs Huberty and Palmer will pre-approve Udaya videos that are appropriate for this population. A 12-week yoga prescription utilized in previous online yoga studies in MPN patients will be used in the proposed study for BMT patients. The 12-week yoga prescription was designed to be safe and progressive for cancer patients. During the intervention, all classes will offer alternative poses, modifications, and use of props (i.e., yoga blocks and straps) in the instance poses are difficult for the participant (i.e., painful, irregular, uneven breath) and to ensure safety. In addition to specific instruction regarding form and safety, the yoga therapist will provide descriptions of each video that includes tips and modifications to poses (e.g., set the knee on your yoga mat if this feels more comfortable for you). Additionally, patients will also receive a yoga modifications handout outlining the contraindicated yoga poses with modifications (see yoga safety \& modifications handout). This handout will include an exercise warning for patients that experience dizziness, lightheadedness or faintness, excessive shortness of breath, chest pain, and that they need to stop the activity and contact their health care professional immediately if these symptoms are experienced. The participants will access their yoga prescription on the Udaya.com website using their provided username and password (see instruction document). Participants will be asked to participate in a total of at least 60 minutes of yoga and keep a log of their participation utilizing a daily log available through a REDCap link (see yoga group weekly log). For the entire study, participants will record in their log each time they participate in yoga, the class in which they participated, how long they practiced (start and stop time), their perceived exertion, and their perceived mindfulness. Research staff will provide a weekly reminder email at the beginning of each week encouraging participation in their weekly yoga (see weekly reminder emails). We will ask that participants follow the yoga prescription, but if participants feel they want to deviate from the prescription they have the option to participate in any videos assigned in previous weeks or in any of the additional videos included each week in the prescription. Podcast Control Group: The podcast control group will be asked to view 60 minutes per week of online podcast videos. The podcast videos will contain general cancer-related health education material. To match the online yoga group for time and attention, 60 minutes per week will be prescribed, however, participants will have the ability to view additional videos each week. Furthermore, participants will also track their podcast video viewing each week in a daily log (see podcast group weekly log) by recording each time they view a video, the video that they viewed, and how long they viewed the video.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
41
60 minutes per week of online yoga through Udaya.com
60 minutes per week of podcasts
Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Physical Function
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Physical Function Subscale. Raw scores can range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating better physical function.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Anxiety
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Anxiety Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating more anxiety.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Depression
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Depression Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating more depression.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Fatigue
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Fatigue Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating more fatigue.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Sleep Disturbance
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Sleep Disturbance Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating more sleep disturbance.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Ability to Participate in Social Roles and Activities Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating a better ability to participate in social roles and activities.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Pain Interference
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Pain Interference Subscale. Raw scores range from 4-20, with higher scores indicating more interference of pain in daily life.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Pain Intensity
This measure is captured through the PROMIS-29 Pain Intensity Subscale. This is a single-item question asking the participant to rate their average level of pain on a 0-10 scale, with a higher score indicating worse pain.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Physical Health
This measure is captured through the PROMIS Global Health Physical Subscale. Raw scores range from 2-10, with higher scores indicating better physical health.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Chronic Graft vs. Host Disease Symptoms
This measure is captured with the Lee Symptom Score, which assesses various symptoms commonly associated with Graft vs. Host Disease. Raw scores range from 0-120, with higher scores indicating higher symptom burden.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Mental Health
This measure is captured through the PROMIS Global Health Mental Health Subscale. Raw scores range from 2-10, with higher scores indicating better mental health.
Time frame: Change from baseline to midpoint (week 6), post-intervention (week 12), and follow-up (week 20)
Objective Physical Activity
Objective physical activity will be collected with the Fitbit Flex 2 device. This device captures light, moderate, and vigorous-intensity activity via an accelerometer.
Time frame: Daily physical activity throughout the 12-week intervention (baseline through week 12)
Subjective Physical Activity
Subjective physical activity will be assessed with the Modifiable Activity Questionnaire. This questionnaire asks participants to indicate the days and the durations in which they participated in 39 different activities. Weekly minutes of activity is calculated from the information provided.
Time frame: Weekly physical activity throughout the 12-week intervention (baseline through week 12)
Objective Yoga/Podcast Participation
Participation in yoga or podcasts is collected through the number of minutes spent viewing/watching/listening to the yoga videos and podcast sessions.
Time frame: Weekly throughout the 12-week intervention (baseline through week 12)
Subjective Yoga/Podcast Participation
Participation in yoga or podcasts is collected through self-report yoga or podcast logs.
Time frame: Weekly throughout the 12-week intervention (baseline through week 12)
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