Intensive Meditation and Migraines: Effects on Health and Well Being

July 28, 2016 updated by: Madhav Goyal, Johns Hopkins University
Participants completing training in intensive meditation and continuing frequent practice for one year would experience reduced frequency, duration and severity of headaches along with improved awareness of the triggers of their symptoms, improved quality of life and mental health, improved heart rate variability, and reduced inflammation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

36

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Chronic Daily Headache, defined as a headache at least 15 days of the month, of which at least 8 are migraines.

Exclusion Criteria:1.

  • Severe depression, anxiety, panic attacks, psychosis or dementia that may interfere with ability to participate in a 10 day course
  • Active alcoholism on screening or use of illicit drugs within the last 3 months
  • Already completed a 10 day course
  • Actively involved in another form of meditation over the past 6 months
  • Women who are pregnant, planning pregnancy during trial period, or lactating.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Structured Intervention Group
Behavioral: Vipassana Meditation
12 day retreat where participants learn to meditate
Active Comparator: 2.Comparison group
Unstructured comparison group
Behavioral: Vipassana Meditation
12 day retreat where participants learn to meditate

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
number of migraine days, number of headache days
Time Frame: 3,6,12 months
3,6,12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
severity of headaches
Time Frame: 3,6,12 months
3,6,12 months
quality of life
Time Frame: 3,6,12 months
3,6,12 months
Heart Rate Variability
Time Frame: 3,6,12 months
3,6,12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Madhav Goyal, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 21, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 21, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

April 22, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 29, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 28, 2016

Last Verified

July 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NA_00016428
  • RR023266

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