Yoga Intervention in Supporting Patients Undergoing Cancer Chemotherapy

Inclusion Criteria

• Receiving chemotherapy (CTX) for breast, colon, rectal, small intestine, or ovarian cancer on a 7, 14, or 21 day schedule with the chemotherapy dose given on day 1
• For aim 3: Receiving CTX for a cancer diagnosis on a 7, 14, or 21 day schedule with the CTX dose given on day 1
• Due to receive at least 6 weeks (for aim 1 and 2) or 12 weeks (for aim 3) of CTX at enrollment
• Has subjective sleep disturbance (i.e., a self-rated score of fairly bad or very bad on question 13 of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [during the past month, how would you rate your sleep quality overall? 0=very good; 1=fairly good; 2=fairly bad; 3=very bad])
• Able to read, write, and understand English
• Karnofsky performance status score (KPS) >= 60
• Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients will be excluded if they have untreated brain metastasis
• Less than six months life expectancy
• Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) staging system
• Are receiving chronic oxygen therapy
• Have New York Heart Association class II or greater congestive heart failure
• Have a diagnosed sleep disorder (i.e., obstructive sleep apnea or narcolepsy)
• Have received more than 3 prior CTX regimens
• Are receiving concurrent radiation therapy (RT)
• Already have an ongoing regular yoga practice within 2 months of study enrollment