Functional MRI of an Open Trial of Relaxation Response Training in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 12
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation from baseline after a 6-week intervention
研究概览
简要总结
This research study is being done to examine how meditation and the relaxation response (RR) may change brain activity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 49 Years(Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Male or female adults (ages 18 - 49).
- •Patients with the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), by the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), as manifested in clinical evaluation and confirmed by structured interview.
排除标准
- •Any current, non-ADHD Axis I psychiatric conditions
- •Baseline Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) >
- •Any clinically significant chronic medical condition.
- •Mental retardation
- •Organic brain disorders
- •Seizures or tics.
- •Pregnant or nursing females.
- •Clinically unstable psychiatric conditions (suicidal behaviors, psychosis).
- •Current or recent (within the past 2 years) substance abuse or dependence.
- •Patients currently or recently (within past 1 month) on psychotropic medication.
- •Subjects with current or prior adequate psychopharmacologic treatment for ADHD.
- •Regular practice of an Relaxation Response-inducing technique within the past year
- •History of claustrophobia or any of the standard contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning(metal objects within body).
研究组 & 干预措施
Meditation/Relaxation Response Training
干预措施: Meditation/Relaxation Response Training (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation from baseline after a 6-week intervention
时间窗: 2 sessions, 2 hours each to be conducted before and after the 6-week intervention
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation in dorsal anterior medial cingulate cortex (daMCC) \& dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) during multi-source interference task (MSIT)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
George Bush
Director of Neuroimaging Research, Benson-Henry Institute for Mind-Body Medicine at MGH
Massachusetts General Hospital
