Mindful Self-Regulation fMRI Pilot Study — MindfulPCMRI  

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: Mindfulness Influences on Self-Regulation: Mental and Physical Health Implications: Mindful Self-Regulation fMRI Pilot Study

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to 1) determine whether Mindfulness Training for Primary Care (see study "MINDFUL-PC: Integrating Mindfulness Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home - A Pilot Study") engages self-regulation targets such as emotion regulation, attention, and interoceptive awareness; and 2) changes brain activation in neuroimaging tasks before compared to after the training. Neuroimaging fMRI tasks probe mechanisms related to self-regulation, such as attention/inhibition, emotion regulation, self-compassion, interoception and pain regulation. The study will also look at whether chronic disease self-management and successful engagement of self-report and behavioral self-regulation targets (emotion regulation, attention, and interoceptive awareness) relates to the observed brain activation changes after compared to before the mindfulness intervention.

Clinical Trial Description

This study aims to test brain activation changes related to self-regulation targets of attention, emotion regulation, self-compassion, interoception and pain regulation that are influenced by mindfulness training within primary care (compare MINDFUL-PC study). The study will also look at whether successful chronic disease self-management relates to the observed brain activation changes after compared to before the mindfulness intervention. The study will examine the relationship between mindfulness training within primary care and medical regimen adherence (initiation and maintenance) as well as the underlying neural correlates associated with changes in self-regulation. This is a single-arm pilot trial, recruiting from a randomized controlled trial (see MINDFUL-PC study). . ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Neuroimaging
• Psychiatric Problem
• Self-Control

• NCT number: NCT02972853
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Cambridge Health Alliance
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2016
• Completion date: October 2020