Overview
The overarching long-term goal of the Integrative Medicine for Patient-reported Outcomes Values and Experience (IMPROVE) research program is to evaluate whether integrating a virtual mind-body programming, Integrative Medicine at Home (IM@Home), will improve patient perceived values, outcomes, and experiences as they undergo systemic cancer treatment such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, targeted agents, cytoreductive surgery.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years or older
- Karnofsky score 60 or greater
- Life expectancy greater than six months
- English speaking
Additional Inclusion Criteria for Head and Neck, Thoracic, Gynecologic, Melanoma and Breast Baskets
- Patients with a diagnosis of head and neck tumors, thoracic tumors, gynecological tumors, melanoma, breast cancer, or gynecologic cancer
- Actively receiving systemic oncological treatment or radiotherapy, or within 4 weeks of radiotherapy completion or primary cytoreductive surgery
- Worst fatigue over the last 7 days rated 4 or greater on (0-10 scale)
Additional Inclusion Criteria for First Remission Gynecologic Cancer Basket
- Patients with a diagnosis or clinical suspicion of gynecologic malignancy who have completed definitive first line treatment (maintenance hormonal or targeted therapies are allowed)
Additional Inclusion Criteria for the Advanced Cancer Basket:
- Patients with a diagnosis of Stage III or IV lung cancer; any stage pancreatic cancer, unresectable cholangiocarcinoma, unresectable liver cancer, unresectable ampullary or peri-ampullary cancer, or other stage IV gastrointestinal cancer; stage III or IV ovarian or fallopian tube cancers or other stage IV gynecologic cancer; stage IV breast cancer; stage III testicular cancer or any stage IV genitourinary cancer; stage IV sarcoma; stage IV melanoma; stage IV endocrine cancer; lymphoma, myeloma, or Leukemia
- Actively receiving oncological treatment, radiotherapy or active surveillance
Additional Inclusion Criteria for the Cancer Survivor Basket:
- Completed active cancer treatment (e.g., surgery, radiation, chemotherapy) (maintenance hormonal or targeted therapies are allowed).
- Worst fatigue over the last 7 days rated 4 or greater on (0-10 scale)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Cognitive impairment that would preclude response to study assessments or require the use of Legally Authorized Representatives
- Unwilling to accept random assignment
- Concurrently enroll onto ongoing competing trials of integrative medicine interventions with symptom/toxicity as primary outcome. Note, however, patient will be allowed to enroll on other therapeutic protocols


