EEG Changes With Guided Online Meditation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Meditation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Meditation; Device: Enobio 32- EEG machine

• Registration Number: NCT03459690
• Lead Sponsor: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Brief Summary

Simple meditation and EEG changes

Detailed Description

This is a prospective trial enrolling healthy volunteers, including novice meditators and experienced meditators. Subjects will undergo an EEG at baseline and again after 6 weeks. During the 6 weeks, subjects will be asked to meditate twice a day, at least 12 minutes each time.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-02-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-03-03
• Study First Posted: 2018-03-09
• Study Start: 2018-05-29
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-30
• Study Completion: 2019-04-30
• Results First Submitted: 2021-05-10
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-09-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-28
• Results First Posted: 2024-03-28
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

1. 18 years or older
2. Novice or expert meditator

Novice meditator: No meditation practice in the previous year and < 20 entire lifetime hours

Expert meditator: Meditation ≥ 30 min per day for at least 5 days per week over the past 1 year

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of any neurological condition (i.e. Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, brain tumors, brain surgery, or multiple sclerosis)
2. History of depression, currently being treated with antidepressants
3. History of any psychiatric disorder, within last 5 years (i.e. anxiety, psychosis, posttraumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder)
4. Current use of cognition-enhancing medications
5. Active history (within the last 5 years) of alcohol or drug abuse (> 10 drinks per week)
6. History (within the last 5 years) of stroke/aneurysm
7. Recent history (< 3 months) of seizures
8. Non-English speaking

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Novice meditators	Enobio 32- EEG machine	No meditation practice in the previous year and \< 20 entire lifetime hours
Experienced meditators	Meditation	Meditation ≥ 30 min per day for at least 5 days per week over the past 1 year
Experienced meditators	Enobio 32- EEG machine	Meditation ≥ 30 min per day for at least 5 days per week over the past 1 year
Novice meditators	Meditation	No meditation practice in the previous year and \< 20 entire lifetime hours

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With EEGs to Measure Changes in Wave Oscillations	6 weeks	Number of participants who had EEGs to measure qualitative changes in wave oscillations

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants With Evaluable EEGs to Measure Changes in Wave Amplitude	6 weeks	Number of participants who had evaluable EEGs to measure qualitative changes in wave amplitude
Number of Participants With Evaluable EEGs to Measure Changes in Wave Latency	6 weeks	Number of participants who had evaluable EEGs to measure qualitative changes in wave latency

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States