Stress Management and Resiliency Training Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Attack; Cardiovascular Diseases
• Interventions: Behavioral: Stress Management and Resiliency Training Program

• Registration Number: NCT05415735
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

The goal of this pilot study is to use total body PET/CT imaging to examine the relationships between stress, amygdala activation, and arterial wall inflammation in participants before and after participating in a multi-modal stress reduction program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-05-11
• Study First Submitted: 2022-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-13
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-08
• Study Completion: 2023-10-01
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-17
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Concurrently enrolled in an observational study of patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction
• Score on PSS-10 of 14 or greater during screening
• Willing and able to access the internet to participate in the online SMART Program

Exclusion Criteria

• Poorly controlled physical or mental health condition that would likely interfere with the ability to participate in SMART or ability to undergo PET scan
• Current daily practice of meditation of 10 minutes or more per day

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SMART Program	Stress Management and Resiliency Training Program	The Stress Management and Resiliency Training (SMART) Program is a multimodal mind-body and cognitive skills-based program that teaches participants a variety of different approaches for reducing their physiologic stress response. The program is delivered virtually (online) for 1.5 hours once a week for 8 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in amygdala activation	about 10 weeks	change in radiotracer uptake in the amygdala with FDG-PET imaging from before to after the SMART Program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California Davis; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States