Depression Clinical Trial
Official title:
Neurobiological Mechanism of SKY Breath Intervention
NCT number | NCT05388110 |
Other study ID # | 21-33230 |
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Status | Recruiting |
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First received | |
Last updated | |
Start date | April 22, 2022 |
Est. completion date | December 2024 |
Depression is highly debilitating and prevalent among adolescents. Adolescent-onset depression is associated with long, severe, and recurrent episodes that are often not responsive to treatment. There is a dire need to develop novel treatments that are efficient, cost-effective, and tolerant for this population. Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) is a breath-based meditative practice that entails a sequence of specific breathing techniques to help practitioners achieve a state of calm alertness. It has offered benefits as a therapeutic option for mild-to-moderate depression and anxiety disorders and as an adjunctive treatment in patients with major depressive disorder, but the neurological mechanism of SKY breath intervention is still not fully understood. The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of SKY breath intervention in treating depressed adolescents and to understand its mechanisms. In this study, thirty depressed adolescents and thirty healthy controls will be recruited to evaluate the efficacy of the 8-week SKY intervention. Assessment for depression and anxiety, salivary cortisol, resting heart rate, blood pressure, and neuroimaging will be collected at the baseline, 4 weeks into SKY intervention (questionnaires only), and post-intervention. This will be the first study to evaluate the potential benefits of of SKY breath intervention as a treatment option for depressed adolescents.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 60 |
Est. completion date | December 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | April 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
Gender | All |
Age group | 16 Years to 24 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - adolescent participants ages 16-24 yrs old (NIH defines adolescents as up through age 24 years old) - mild-to-moderate depression with the BDI-II score greater than or equal to 14 (Smarr and Keefer 2011) - technologically able (Zoom); - nonpractitioners of daily meditation/breath-work. Exclusion Criteria: - pregnant or lactating females - metal implants unsafe for MRI - current or lifetime diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar on lithium, or seizure disorders - recent surgical patient (within 6 months) - substance use disorder within the last 1 year - history of significant medical conditions (e.g. traumatic brain injury) - suicidal ideation (SI) with intent and/or plan to harm self (SI without intent and/or plan to harm self will be allowed to enter the study) |
Country | Name | City | State |
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United States | University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | California |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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University of California, San Francisco |
United States,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Mean Change in Depression Scores on the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) | The differences at 8-week between intervention and controls in depression and anxiety as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Twenty-one questions, self reporting with scores ranging from 0 to 63. Higher score indicates more severe depression. | Baseline and 1month, Baseline and 2 months | |
Primary | Mean Change in Depression Scores on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7. | The differences at 8-week between intervention and controls in depression and anxiety as measured by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7. Seven questions on a three point scale, a score of 8 or greater represents a reasonable cut-point for identifying probable cases of generalized anxiety disorder. | Baseline and 1month, Baseline and 2 months | |
Secondary | Mean Change in Reynolds Adolescent Depression Scale (RADS-2) | Thirty questions, self-report measures the four basic dimensions of depression: Dysphoric Mood, Anhedonia/Negative Affect, Negative Self-Evaluation, and Somatic Complaints. Identifies depressive symptoms in adolescents, provide an indication of the clinical severity of the individual's depressive symptoms (normal, mild, moderate or severe). | Baseline and 1month, Baseline and 2 months | |
Secondary | Mean Change in Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC-2) | MASC-2 is a self reporting questionnaire with fifty questions that assesses the presence of symptoms related to anxiety disorders in youth. Responses on the MASC 2 are combined to create 11 T-scores: MASC 2 Total Score, Separation Anxiety/Phobias, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Index, Social Anxiety (Total, Humiliation/Rejection, Performance Fears), Obsessions & Compulsions, Physical Symptoms (Total, Tense/Restless, Panic), and Harm Avoidance. Higher T-scores indicate more severe and/or a greater number of symptoms. | Baseline and 1month, Baseline and 2 months | |
Secondary | Mean Change in Hamiliton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) | HAM-A is a fourteen item questionnaire that measure the severity of anxiety symptoms. Each item is scored on a scale of 0 (not present) to 4 (severe), with a total score range of 0-56, where <17 indicates mild severity, 18-24 mild to moderate severity and 25-30 moderate to severe. | Baseline and 1month, Baseline and 2 months |
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