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This is a study of beneficial effects of yoga on the quality of life and stress in children who have experienced cancer and blood disorders and also their family members.

Effect of yoga practice on health related quality of life at 12 weeks in paediatric haemat-oncological patients aged 3-18 years and their caregivers - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/092728
Enrollment
80
Registered
2025-08-08
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-18

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: C812- Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma Health Condition 2: C910- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL] Health Condition 3: C921- Chronic myeloid leukemia, BCR/ABL-positive Health Condition 4: C819- Hodgkin lymphoma, unspecified Health Condition 5: D561- Beta thalassemia Health Condition 6: D569- Thalassemia, unspecified Health Condition 7: D552- Anemia due to disorders of glycolytic enzymes Health Condition 8: D67- Hereditary factor IX deficiency Health Condition 9: D66- Hered

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga Practice for 12 weeks: Patients and their caregivers will be asked to do personalized yoga as advised by certified yoga instructor in the hospital. The patients and their caregiver

Sponsors

ESIC Basaidarapur
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Subjects diagnosed with oncological or chronic haematological conditions undergoing active treatment such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, blood transfusions, factor replacement, chelation therapy, and post-treatment monitoring etc or survivors of childhood cancer conforming to the following 1 At least one parent or primary caregiver of each participating child is available 2 At least one caregiver and/or the child is able to comprehend the technique of yoga and respond to questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Patients with medical conditions or contraindications to physical activity such as hemodynamically unstable, dyselectrolytemia, febrile neutropenia, platelet count less than 50000 per L or with bleeding, haemoglobin less than 7 g per dL, bone or soft tissue injury, tumour lysis syndrome, intercurrent infection etc 2 Severe cognitive or psychiatric disorder in child or primary caregiver that hinder participation. 3 Previous regular yoga practice in the patient or caregiver in last 6 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Primary outcome is change in health related quality of life by PedsQOL 4.0 for patients and parentsTimepoint: Baseline and at 12 weeks

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcome is change in parental stress by perceived stress scaleTimepoint: Baseline and at 12 weeks;Change in child stress and anxiety by Revised Children s Anxiety and depression scale 25 Timepoint: Baseline and at 12 weeks

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactK Prasanna Venkatesh

ESIC PGIMSR Hospital

drkanwaljeetkaur@gmail.com9899991596

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026