Mindfulness Meditation in Bone Marrow Transplantation
The main purpose of this study is to examine techniques to help patients cope better with the stem cell/bone marrow transplant procedure.
NCT00165282 — Hematologic Malignancy
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/hematologic-malignancy/NCT00165282/
Menopause and Meditation for Breast Cancer Survivors
One of the consequences of breast cancer treatment for younger women is the abrupt onset of menopause and its related symptoms. Menopausal symptoms disrupt usual activities, alter sleep patterns and decrease quality of life. The purpose of this randomized feasibility pilot study is to examine mindfulness meditation for menopausal symptom management for women who are breast cancer survivors and for women with naturally occurring menopause. The study is designed to: 1. establish the feasibility of a mindfulness meditation program for women who experience menopausal symptoms (e.g. hot flushes). 2. explore the treatment benefit of a mindfulness meditation program for menopausal symptom relief using changes in frequency and severity of hot flushes; frequency of sleep disruption, various aspects of quality of life and physiologic stress response (cortisol) as outcome measures. 3. evaluate whether the treatment benefits of mindfulness meditation differ in menopausal women with naturally occurring menopause versus women with menopause secondary to chemotherapy for breast cancer. Participants randomized to the attention control group will be offered meditation training after completion of the intervention and follow up phases. Participants will attend 8 meditation sessions or 8 attention control sessions. Study variables are Menopausal Hot Flushes (self report & skin conductance monitoring), Sleep Disruption (Pgh Sleep Quality Index), Physiologic Stress Response (cortisol), Quality of Life (Menopausal Quality of Life); and Protocol Design (recruitment & retention rates, exit interviews). A convenience sample of 60 women who experience menopausal symptoms will be recruited.
NCT00156416 — Menopause
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/menopause/NCT00156416/
Yoga, Health, and Meditation
The purpose of this study is to plan and develop an international collaboration for research on the health effects of yoga. This study will also determine the effects of yoga on people who are at an increased risk for developing diabetes and people with both HIV and depression.
NCT00090506 — Depression
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/depression/NCT00090506/
fMRI Investigation of Meditation
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to identify the parts of the brain that are activated during meditation and to compare these parts to those activated during other activities. This study will also determine the effects of meditation on involuntary functions, such as breathing.
NCT00082160 — Healthy
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/healthy/NCT00082160/
Relaxation-Related CAM Therapies for Chronic Back Pain
This clinical trial is a preliminary study designed to prepare for a full-scale, randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of tai chi, mediation, and therapeutic massage for chronic lower back pain in adults.
NCT00070915 — Low Back Pain
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/low-back-pain/NCT00070915/
Effects of Meditation on Mechanism of Coronary Heart Disease
To study the effects of Transcendental Meditation on Coronary Heart Disease
NCT00010738 — Coronary Heart Disease
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/coronary-heart-disease/NCT00010738/
Clinical Trial of Meditation for Cardiovascular Disease in Older Black Women
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of meditation in preventing of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) in postmenopausal, older African American women.
NCT00010608 — Cardiovascular Diseases
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/cardiovascular-diseases/NCT00010608/
Basic Mechanisms of Meditation and Cardiovascular Disease in Older Blacks
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of meditation on older African Americans with documented cardiovascular disease (CVD).
NCT00010530 — Cardiovascular Diseases
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/cardiovascular-diseases/NCT00010530/
Effectiveness of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training Versus a Meditation Program in Reducing Stress and Anxiety Levels in University Undergraduate Students.
The objective of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy of a heart rate variability biofeedback training protocol, compared to a guided meditation program and a control group, in reducing stress and anxiety levels among university undergraduate students.
NCT06457932 — Stress
Status: Not yet recruiting
http://inclinicaltrials.com/stress/NCT06457932/
Kindness is Lesser Preferable Than Happiness: Investigating Interest in Different Effects of the Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditations
As an initial step, Study 1 intended to compare the interest in different effects of LKCM among a convenient sample of university students. In order to separate different effects and close to application in real setting, the study will measure participants' interest in participating in proposed meditations, each of which aimed to generate one specific effect. The kind attitudes were represented by compassion for others, compassion for oneself, and appreciative joy for others, which were emphasized in the real LKCM trainings. The emotional well-being included increasing positive emotion, decreasing negative emotion and improving peacefulness, which were validated effects of LKCM. Other validated effects were also measured as fillers and used as additional explorations. The core hypothesis was that the interest in meditations on kind attitudes is significantly lower than interest in meditations on emotional well-being. The current study created a measure called Willingness to Participate in Meditation Trainings (WPMT). Participants rated their willingness to participate in nine meditation trainings that serve different purposes. Each meditation was rated by one item ("if the purpose of meditation training is to xxx, how much are you willing to participate?" where "xxx" indicates the purposes listed below) and was measured with a 100-mm Visual Analogue Scale (0 = totally unwilling to participate, 100 = totally willing to participate). Study 2 adopted WPMT in a 21-day online LKCM training. This make sure all participants really took part in meditation training, and allowed further exploration on how participants' WPMT were associated with the adherence and effects of training. To be more sensitive for the change during short training, the effects of training used state-like measures and still focused on two aspects: (1) personal happiness (happiness, sadness, peacefulness) which matched emotional well-being, and (2) interpersonal relationship (love, hate, gratitude) which reflected kind attitudes. The core hypotheses were that higher interest in meditations on Emotional Well-being and Kind attitudes predicted increases in personal happiness and interpersonal relationship, respectively.
NCT06424951 — Meditation
Status: Completed
http://inclinicaltrials.com/meditation/NCT06424951/