NCT00071292CompletedPhase 2
Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction in Relieving Symptoms Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)2 sites in 1 country80 target enrollmentStarted: July 1, 2003Last updated:
Conditions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 2
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program is useful in relieving symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Confirmed diagnosis of RA, with doctor's letter or doctors' bill with ICD code 714;
- •18 years of age or older;
- •Able to read and write English;
- •Able to attend 15 course sessions and questionnaire sessions at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore;
- •Willing to practice skills for 45 minutes to 1 hour per day, 6 days a week;
- •Stable on rheumatoid medications for at least one month.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Major psychiatric illness (bipolar disorder, multiple personality disorder, etc.);
- •Active alcoholism or drug dependency;
- •Scheduled for major surgery during the study period;
- •Enrolled in randomized clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis during the study period;
- •Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months;
- •Unwilling to be enrolled in a control group;
- •Use of assistive device other than a cane;
- •Serious health condition(s) that the investigator determines would make it difficult to complete the 6 month study;
- •Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Investigators
Study Sites (2)
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