Mindfulness Meditation for Health

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this 52-week clinical trial is to see if the meditation-based intervention, adjunctive to standard of care therapy, can reduce relapse and improve psychological health among adults recovering from alcohol dependence.

Clinical Trial Description

The goal of this partially-blinded, two-arm clinical trial was to test whether the Mindfulness Meditation Relapse Prevention (meditation), combined with 'standard of care' (SOC) therapy, is more effective in preventing a return to drinking than SOC alone (wait-list control) among adult recovering alcoholics. The intervention was manualized and based on existing models. It was proposed that meditation may improve outcomes of interest through reduction of the severity of stress-related relapse risk factors such as perceived stress, anxiety, depression, craving and emotion dysregulation, and the level of stress-sensitive biomarkers (cytokine interleukin-6, liver enzymes).

For this study, 123 adult alcohol dependent subjects were recruited from collaborating treatment centers, randomly assigned to one of two equal study arms, and followed for 26-weeks (Period 1, Randomized Controlled Trial, RCT). The RCT evaluated the efficacy of the meditation intervention using self-reported alcohol consumption as primary, and drinking-related harms and subject treatment satisfaction and adherence as secondary outcomes. It also gathered preliminary data on potential mechanisms of meditation action. After the completion of their 26-week RCT (Period 1), controls were eligible to receive the meditation intervention ("cross-over"), and all participants were followed-up for additional 26 weeks (non-randomized Period 2).

This study will provide evidence about the efficacy of meditation for alcohol relapse prevention, will further our understanding of relapse and the potential mechanisms of meditation action, direct future research and guide clinical decision-making. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT01056484
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	Phase 2
Start date	September 2009
Completion date	May 2013

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