Stress Reduction in the Prevention of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

High Blood Pressure Clinical Trial

Official title:

Stress Reduction in the Prevention of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation and Health Education in Hypertensive African Americans

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05373732
• Other study ID #: 2100mdmvc
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 1996
• Est. completion date: December 1998

Study information

• Verified date: May 2022
• Source: Maharishi International University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluated the effect of stress reduction by Transcendental Meditation (TM) on left ventricular mass compared to a health education control group in pre-hypertensive or hypertensive African-American adults over a six-month intervention period.

Description:

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). African Americans have higher rates of LVH and CVD than whites. Substantial evidence indicates that psychological stress contributes to LVH. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the effect of stress reduction with the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique on left ventricular mass (LVM) in hypertensive African-Americans.

Hypertensive African American men and women were tested at baseline for left ventricular mass index (LVMI) by M-mode echocardiography, blood pressure, lifestyle and behavioral factors. Subjects were randomly assigned to either TM or health education (HE) control. After six months intervention, 86 subjects were posttested on all outcomes. Data were analyzed for between-group and within-group differences.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 171
• Est. completion date: December 1998
• Est. primary completion date: October 1998
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: self-identified African-American men and women ages, 20-75 years old, with either prehypertension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120-139 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 80-89 mm Hg), Stage-1 hypertension (SBP of 140-159 mm Hg and/or DBP of 90-99 mm Hg) or Stage-2 hypertension (SBP of 160-179 and/or DBP of 100-109 mm of Hg), with or without antihypertensive medications -

Exclusion Criteria: Patients with a history of stroke, transient cerebral ischemic attack, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris or with significant ECG abnormalities, major psychiatric or behavioral disorder such as alcoholism (> 28 drinks per week)

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• High Blood Pressure
• Hypertension
• Hypertrophy
• Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
• Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• meditation
meditation practice 20 minutes twice a day at home and attending classes at the clinic.
• Health education control
didactic based classes in CVD risk factor reduction and prevention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Maharishi International University	Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science

References & Publications (1)

Schneider RH, Myers HF, Marwaha K, Rainforth MA, Salerno JW, Nidich SI, Gaylord-King C, Alexander CN, Norris KC. Stress Reduction in the Prevention of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcendental Meditation and Health Educ — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	left ventricular mass (LVM)	The primary outcome was change in LVMI. LVM was measured by M-mode echocardiography and indexed by body surface area to generate LVMI. [18] Measurements were obtained at the end-diastole. Interventricular septal thickness, posterior wall thickness, and left ventricle internal dimension were measured.	6 months pre to post
Secondary	blood pressure	systolic and diastolic blood pressure	0 and 6 months
Secondary	anger expression	Speilberger Anger expression scale	0 and 6 months
Secondary	perceived stress	Perceived Stress Scale, a 5-item subset of the California Self-Evaluation Scale to measure self-esteem, and a personal efficacy scale	0 and 6 months