- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT06014281
Examining the Effects of Regular Brief Internet-based Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being
An Internet-administered Randomized Control Trial to Examine the Effects of Regular, Brief Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This is a 16-week study with an 8-week meditation intervention, with a requirement of a minimum of 10 minutes of meditation practice each day. This study will recruit ~200 healthy subjects (18+ years) with no current or previous diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disorders who are interested in learning about meditation but don't have long-term experience with meditation. Half of the participant pool will be randomly assigned to the meditation intervention, and the other half will get the wait-list control assignment. The control group will later receive its intervention, likely a few weeks after the completion of the active group's intervention. A focused-attention meditation technique (SOS meditation) will be used to train participants.
Changes in participants' physiological markers (e.g., HRV, physical activity, respiration rate, sleep quality) will be evaluated using passive activity monitoring devices (e.g., Fitbit). Intervention-related changes in mental health will be assessed using web-based mental health and well-being surveys. Improvements in cognitive functioning will be assessed using web-based psychological tasks.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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Stanford, California, United States, 94305
- Recruiting
- Dept. of Psychiatry, Stanford University
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Contact:
- Manish Saggar, PhD
- Phone Number: 650-723-3656
- Email: braindynamicslab@stanford.edu
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Principal Investigator:
- Manish Saggar, Ph.D.
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Principal Investigator:
- David Spiegel, M.D.
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Able to follow basic instructions for prescreening and scheduling
- Compliant with investigator instructions during the consent process and participation in the study
- Is not already a regular meditation practitioner
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18
- People with a current diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disorders
- Be in current psychiatric treatment or medications
- Hospitalized for psychiatric disorders in the past year or so.
- Regular and long-term meditation practitioners
- Non-English speaking
- Non-USA mailing address to receive the activity tracker device
- Vision or hearing impairment severe enough to interfere with study participation
Study Plan
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 |
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Experimental: Meditation group
Baseline to week 8: Subjects will be trained to meditate for 10 minutes daily, and several measures (questionnaires, cognitive tests, and physiological measurements) will be obtained to assess the efficacy of daily meditation practice on mental health and well being. Focused-attention meditation technique will be used to train participants. Specifically the SOS meditation technique will be employed. Week 8 to week 16: Subjects will self report if they choose to continue SOS meditation and several measures (questionnaires, cognitive tests, and physiological measurements) will be obtained to assess the impact of continued meditation practice on mental health and well being. |
Focused-attention meditation technique will be used to train participants, specifically the SOS meditation technique. The SOS meditation technique is an easy-to-learn approach where participants are instructed to dissociate their attention from physical awareness, thoughts, and emotions by mentally slowly repeating a calming word or phrase (chosen by the participant themselves). SOS Meditation Instructions:
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Experimental: Waitlist control
Baseline to week 8: Subjects will be place in a control group which receives no intervention. However, several measures (questionnaires, cognitive tests, and physiological measurements) will be obtained to assess baseline mental health and well being scores. Week 8 to week 16: Subjects will be trained to meditate for 10 minutes daily, and several measures (questionnaires, cognitive tests, and physiological measurements) will be obtained to assess the efficacy of daily meditation practice on mental health and well being. Focused-attention meditation technique will be used to train participants. Specifically the SOS meditation technique will be employed. |
Focused-attention meditation technique will be used to train participants, specifically the SOS meditation technique. The SOS meditation technique is an easy-to-learn approach where participants are instructed to dissociate their attention from physical awareness, thoughts, and emotions by mentally slowly repeating a calming word or phrase (chosen by the participant themselves). SOS Meditation Instructions:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Generalize Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Anxiety as measured using Generalize Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Sleep Quality measured using Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Mind Wandering Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Mind wandering measured using the Mind Wandering Questionnaire
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Resting Heart Rate
Time Frame: Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Daily obtained from Activity Tracker wrist band
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Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Heart Rate Variability
Time Frame: Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Daily obtained from Activity Tracker wrist band
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Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Stroop Test Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Using the Stroop test, which measures the average reaction time between incongruent and congruent trials
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in N-back Test Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Using the N-back test is a memory task where participants must remember letters from N trials ago.
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in Stress Scale Measure Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Stress measured using Perceived Stress Scale measure
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Depression Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Depression measured using Patient Health Questionnaire
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Quality of Life Scale Measures Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Quality of life measured using Quality of Life Scale measures
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change Social Connectedness Scale-Revised Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Social Connectedness measured using Social Connectedness Scale-Revised
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Rumination Reflection Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Rumination and reflection scales measured using Rumination Reflection Questionnaire
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Brief Strengths Scale Questionnaire Score
Time Frame: Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Strengths scale measured using Brief Strengths Scale measures individuals' Temperance Strength, Intellectual Strength, and Interpersonal Strength.
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Twice (Baseline and week 8 for arm 1 and week 8 and week 16 for arm 2)
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Change in Sleep Quality Measure
Time Frame: Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Daily obtained from Activity Tracker wrist band
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Daily (from baseline to week 8 for arm 1 and from week 8 to week 16 for arm 2)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Manish Saggar, PhD, Stanford University
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- 68784
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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