Trial reportIntegrative cancer therapies2016
YOCAS©® Yoga Reduces Self-reported Memory Difficulty in Cancer Survivors in a Nationwide Randomized Clinical Trial: Investigating Relationships Between Memory and Sleep.
Trial report in Integrative cancer therapies, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05180656 (The Impact of a Remotely-Delivered Yoga Intervention on Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Impact of a Remotely-Delivered Yoga Intervention on Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors: A Feasibility Study
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of behavioural sleep programs for middle-aged adults on cognition and sleep and associated behaviour change techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Investigating the Complexity of Multidimensional Symptom Experiences in Patients With Cancer: Systematic Review of the Network Analysis Approach.JMIR cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Is poor sleep quality associated with poor neurocognitive outcome in cancer survivors? A systematic review.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Yoga-Based Interventions on Cancer-Associated Cognitive Decline: a Systematic Review.Current oncology reports · 2020Pooled it
- The Effect of Exercise on Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment and Applications for Physical Therapy: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Physical therapy · 2020Pooled it
- Psychostimulants for cancer-related cognitive impairment in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- Cognitive rehabilitation for cancer-related cognitive dysfunction: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Pooled it
- The Effect of Yoga on Cancer-Related Fatigue and Quality of Life Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Cancer Survivors: A Secondary Data Analysis.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2025Trial
- The effect of YOCAS©® yoga on cancer-related fatigue and quality of life in older (60+) vs. younger (≤ 59) cancer survivors: Secondary analysis of a nationwide, multicenter, phase 3 randomized controlled trial.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2024Trial
- Effect of Yoga and Mediational Influence of Fatigue on Walking, Physical Activity, and Quality of Life Among Cancer Survivors.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2023Trial
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- Nicotinic treatment of post-chemotherapy subjective cognitive impairment: a pilot study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Trial
- Effects of Vigorous Versus Restorative Yoga Practice on Objective Cognition Functions in Sedentary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Integrative cancer therapiesTrial
- Comprehensive review on the benefits and physiological basis of yoga.World journal of methodology · 2026Review
- Blood Clock Correlation Distance (BloodCCD) as a novel marker to detect circadian rhythm disruption in cancer survivors with insomnia.BJC reports · 2025Article
- Probiotic supplementation attenuated early-life chemotherapy-induced brain development impairment in mice.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- A scoping review of studies exploring physical activity and cognition among persons with cancer.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2024Article
- Neuropsychological Evaluation for Oncology.Neurologic clinics · 2024Review
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12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
unlabelledBackground Interventions are needed to alleviate memory difficulty in cancer survivors. We previously showed in a phase III randomized clinical trial that YOCAS©® yoga-a program that consists of breathing exercises, postures, and meditation-significantly improved sleep quality in cancer survivors. This study assessed the effects of YOCAS©® on memory and identified relationships between memory and sleep. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsSurvivors were randomized to standard care (SC) or SC with YOCAS©® . 328 participants who provided data on the memory difficulty item of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory are included. Sleep quality was measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. General linear modeling (GLM) determined the group effect of YOCAS©® on memory difficulty compared with SC. GLM also determined moderation of baseline memory difficulty on postintervention sleep and vice versa. Path modeling assessed the mediating effects of changes in memory difficulty on YOCAS©® changes in sleep and vice versa.
resultsYOCAS©® significantly reduced memory difficulty at postintervention compared with SC (mean change: yoga=-0.60; SC=-0.16; P<.05). Baseline memory difficulty did not moderate the effects of postintervention sleep quality in YOCAS©® compared with SC. Baseline sleep quality did moderate the effects of postintervention memory difficulty in YOCAS©® compared with SC (P<.05). Changes in sleep quality was a significant mediator of reduced memory difficulty in YOCAS©® compared with SC (P<.05); however, changes in memory difficulty did not significantly mediate improved sleep quality in YOCAS©® compared with SC.
conclusionsIn this large nationwide trial, YOCAS©® yoga significantly reduced patient-reported memory difficulty in cancer survivors.
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