Tailoring a Mindful Intervention to Enhance Opioid Treatment (BEING)

November 4, 2022 updated by: Michael Fendrich, University of Connecticut

Tailoring a Mindful Intervention to Enhance Opioid Treatment Outcomes in a Community Program

The main aim of this study is to better understand whether yoga can be blended with mindfulness as an additional intervention for people receiving medication assisted treatment at a Hartford-based community agency. If this program is acceptable to participants, then additional studies can allow us to determine its impact on stress and cravings. This intervention, developed by the researchers, is called BEING.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study is a micro-trial of our mindful yoga intervention, BEING, tailored to the MAT clients. This study adapts an existing manualized program of yoga and mindfulness intervention (BEING) for MAT participants. Particularly important is addressing potential challenges and concerns regarding acceptability and feasibility of implementation in vulnerable males with substance dependence. We are enlisting the support of a mindful yoga expert with experience in related populations (i.e., previously incarcerated male veterans with mental health issues) in the adaptation process. This study is designed primarily to test the feasibility of the implementation of the intervention. We cannot draw statistically valid conclusions about the impact the intervention on outcomes, given the overall study design. We plan to collect participant feedback on whether or not the intervention is acceptable. We also want to evaluate the availability, accessibility, acceptability and feasibility of collecting certain measures that would be collected in a subsequent adequately powered treatment study.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

43

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
    • Connecticut
      • Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06120
        • Community Renewal Team

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Receiving Medication Assisted Treatment 18 years or older Released from incarceration within the past year Currently receiving services from the partnering community agency English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Under 18 years old Non-English Speaking Current incarcerated Not receiving Medication Assisted Treatment Not receiving services from the partnering community agency

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Yoga-Mindfulness Intervention
Completing single session of yoga blended with mindfulness.
Behavioral: BEING
60 minute yoga session that blends mindfulness techniques
Other Names:
  • Yoga-Mindfulness

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Acceptability
Time Frame: 3 months following pre-test

Responses to questions about how acceptable participants found the intervention. The questions are indicated below: All questions can be responded to with one of the following answers:

Completely disagree; disagree; neither agree nor disagree; agree; completely agree.

I approve of the yoga and mindfulness training.

I find the yoga and mindfulness training interesting.

I like the yoga and mindfulness training.

I welcome the yoga and mindfulness training.

The training seems appropriate.

The training applies to me.

The training seems right for me.

The training seems like a good match for me.

The training seems easy to carry out.

The training seems possible.

The training seems doable.

The training seems easy to use.
3 months following pre-test
Adherence (self report)
Time Frame: 3 months following pre-test
Adherence to MAT per client self report-Response to question on whether they are still on MAT.
3 months following pre-test
Adherence (record review)
Time Frame: 3 months following intervention
Review of client chart to see if the client is still on MAT and taking as prescribed.
3 months following intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Connecticut

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Michael Fendrich, PhD, University of Connecticut

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)

April 27, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 30, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

August 31, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 5, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 5, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

May 10, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 9, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 4, 2022

Last Verified

November 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H20-0111

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Requests for participant data will be considered on an individual basis.

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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