Participant flow

Project HERO: Health Empowerment & Recovery Outcomes · Source last updated 2026-07-07

Results reported by the registry submitting party. Population, time horizon, units and missing values must be read together.

groups

1. description

   Participants continued with their routine medical care and received no structured exercise or mind-body intervention during the study period.

   id

   FG000

   title

   Usual Care (UC/Control)

2. description

   Participants engaged in instructor-led stretching and controlled movements twice weekly for 12 weeks, matched to the physical intensity of BMT without the mindfulness components.

   id

   FG001

   title

   Body Training (BT/Exercise Intensity-Matched Control)

3. description

   Participants attended instructor-led Tai Chi Qigong sessions twice weekly for 12 weeks, incorporating meditative movement, controlled breathing, and relaxation.

   id

   FG002

   title

   Body-Mind Training (BMT/Tai Chi Qigong)

periods

1. drop Withdraws

   1. reasons

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         0

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         1

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         0

      type

      Death

   2. reasons

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         3

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         4

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         5

      type

      Lost to Follow-up

   3. reasons

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         7

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         8

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         8

      type

      Withdrawal by Subject

   milestones

   1. achievements

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         25

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         43

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         45

      type

      STARTED

   2. achievements

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         20

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         33

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         39

      type

      Completed 13-Week Intervention Assessment

   3. achievements

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         15

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         30

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         32

      type

      COMPLETED

   4. achievements

      1. group Id

         FG000

         num Subjects

         10

      2. group Id

         FG001

         num Subjects

         13

      3. group Id

         FG002

         num Subjects

         13

      type

      NOT COMPLETED

   title

   Overall Study

pre Assignment Details

Following eligibility screening and consent, participants completed baseline assessments, including questionnaires and biospecimen collection, prior to randomization. A total of 113 participants were enrolled across sites.

recruitment Details

Participants were recruited from the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, state cancer registry mailings, oncology clinics, and community outreach between July 2017 and October 2022. Eligibility was confirmed through telephone and in-person screening before randomization.

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