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

September 19, 2022 updated by: Devendra Mehta, Orlando Regional Medical Center

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

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.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed 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

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

142

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
    • Florida
      • Miami Beach, Florida, United States, 33199
        • Florida International University
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
        • Orlando Regional Medical Center

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 24 years (ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthy individuals
  • No prior experience in meditation

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Prior experience with meditation.

    • health issues.
    • Alcohol
    • Smoking.

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: BASIC_SCIENCE
  • Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: color meditation
only color meditation
Other: meditation
meditation effect assessment using assessment tools.
EXPERIMENTAL: Sound meditation
Only sound mediation
Other: meditation
meditation effect assessment using assessment tools.
EXPERIMENTAL: Color and sound combined meditation
Combined group
Other: meditation
meditation effect assessment using assessment tools.
NO_INTERVENTION: Control group
Only control group

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Cognitive skills assessment using Connor's CPT test
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Affect, short term memory, inattention,
8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Pulmonary function using actual lung capacity test
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Spirometry
8 weeks
Transcriptomics and epigenetics
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Upregulation and transcriptional profiling using fold change
8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Orlando Regional Medical Center

Collaborators

Florida International University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Devendra Mehta, M.D., M. SC., Head, Translational Research

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

May 14, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

February 1, 2022

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

December 14, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 6, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 17, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

December 19, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

September 21, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 19, 2022

Last Verified

September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB-13-0045-CR03

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

De-identified summary data

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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