Effect of Preksha Meditation on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students

Affect Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Preksha Meditation (Green Color and Buzzing Meditation) on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students With a Control Group

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03779269
• Other study ID #: IRB-13-0045-CR03
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 14, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 14, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: September 2022
• Source: Orlando Regional Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness.

Description:

Preksha Meditation Research: The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness. The investigators will compare the data received from prior study to analyze their performance before and after. The investigators will also compare this data with control group data, to assess potential improvements as a benchmark. Analyse the EEG data to investigate its impact on brain. Further analyze their blood cells if they show any epigenetic changes. Data analysis team will be blinded for no identifiers are available.

METHOD AND PROCEDURES:

The data analysis will be undertaken by experts and will be blinded. The data currently is only de-identified.

The data which is already collected from the research "Effect of Preksha Meditation (Green color and Buzzing Meditation) on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students with a Control Group" will be analyzed. The data is related to students having practiced minimum 3 guided 25 minute sessions per week in a controlled environment. The control group did not meditate for those weeks when they enrolled in the program.

The intervention the subjects received was as follows:

Experimental group 3 days per week Sessions: 5 minutes: Relaxation and Review of Meditation Practices 10 minutes: Mahapraan Meditation 10 minutes: Green color meditation Begin in stages

• 0 - 2 Weeks: Teach technique and carry out 15 minutes meditation sessions.

• 2 - 9 Weeks: Increment meditation sessions to a length of 25 minutes. 5 minutes: Review of meditation experience and collection of information

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 142
• Est. completion date: December 14, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: February 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy individuals

• No prior experience in meditation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Prior experience with meditation.

• health issues.

• Alcohol

• Smoking.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Affect
• Inattention and Memory

Intervention

Other:
• meditation
meditation effect assessment using assessment tools.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Florida International University	Miami Beach	Florida
United States	Orlando Regional Medical Center	Orlando	Florida

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Orlando Regional Medical Center	Florida International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (2)

Mehta S, Mehta V, Mehta S, Shah D, Motiwala A, Vardhan J, Mehta N, Mehta D. Multimodal behavior program for ADHD incorporating yoga and implemented by high school volunteers: a pilot study. ISRN Pediatr. 2011;2011:780745. doi: 10.5402/2011/780745. Epub 2011 Aug 11. — View Citation

Pragya SU, Cordoba G, Chiu R, Mehta N, Johnson P, Mehta DI, Mehta N. Can The Cognitive Parameters Of College Students With Learning Disabilities Benefit From Using Mahapraan, A Breathing Based Preksha Meditation. Journal of College Teaching & Learning 2014; 11, 4 Epub

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cognitive skills assessment using Connor's CPT test	Affect, short term memory, inattention,	8 weeks
Secondary	Pulmonary function using actual lung capacity test	Spirometry	8 weeks
Secondary	Transcriptomics and epigenetics	Upregulation and transcriptional profiling using fold change	8 weeks