Does Conscious Connected Breathwork Reduce Symptoms of Anxiety?

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Does Conscious Connected Breathwork Reduces Symptoms of Anxiety. A Quantitative Study Conducted in an Online Environment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06374810
• Other study ID #: CCB1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 21, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: California Institute of Integral Studies
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether conscious connected breathwork reduces symptoms of anxiety in people with mild to severe anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale.

The main questions aims to answer:

1. Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety?

2. Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms.

there is a comparison group: Researchers will compare whether people doing the breathwork to see if [insert effects].

Participants will participate in 1, 90 minute breath workshop per week for 6 weeks. These sessions will be held on Zoom by 2 facilitators. Participants will also be given a 10 minute recording of a guided conscious connected breathwork session that they will be encouraged to complete daily.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: December 20, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 20, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Scores of 35 or higher on the Zung self-rating anxiety scale

Exclusion Criteria:

• anyone having completed more than 4 sessions of Conscious Connected Breathwork

• Anyone who has recently (within 1 year) started anti-depressant medication or psychotherapy

• Anyone with a history of panic disorder, psychosis, angina, pregnant, seizure disorder, glaucoma

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Conscious Connected Breathwork
Participants were taught the Conscious Connected Breathwork Technique. 2 facilitators were monitoring and coaching the participants to ensure adherence to the technique

Other:
• Placebo waitlist
Participants were told the study was full and that they were placed on a waiting list until the 1st cohort had completed the breathwork program

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	CIIS	San Francisco	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Richard Blake

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in anxiety symptoms	Scores on the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale - Scores range from a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. A higher score indicates more severe symptoms of anxiety than a lower score.	6 - 8 weeks between taking the anxiety scale either before and after the breathwork program or remaining on the wait list