Intensive Meditation and Migraines: Effects on Health and Well Being
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interventional
36
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Participants completing training in intensive meditation and continuing frequent practice for one year would experience reduced frequency, duration and severity of headaches along with improved awareness of the triggers of their symptoms, improved quality of life and mental health, improved heart rate variability, and reduced inflammation.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable
Started Apr 2008
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
April 1, 2008
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 21, 2008
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 22, 2008
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
February 1, 2014
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2014
CompletedJuly 29, 2016
July 1, 2016
5.8 years
April 21, 2008
July 28, 2016
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
number of migraine days, number of headache days
3,6,12 months
Secondary Outcomes (3)
severity of headaches
3,6,12 months
quality of life
3,6,12 months
Heart Rate Variability
3,6,12 months
Study Arms (2)
1
EXPERIMENTALStructured Intervention Group
2.Comparison group
ACTIVE COMPARATORUnstructured comparison group
Interventions
12 day retreat where participants learn to meditate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Chronic Daily Headache, defined as a headache at least 15 days of the month, of which at least 8 are migraines.
You may not qualify if:
- Severe depression, anxiety, panic attacks, psychosis or dementia that may interfere with ability to participate in a 10 day course
- Active alcoholism on screening or use of illicit drugs within the last 3 months
- Already completed a 10 day course
- Actively involved in another form of meditation over the past 6 months
- Women who are pregnant, planning pregnancy during trial period, or lactating.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
Related Publications (1)
Goyal M, Haythornthwaite JA, Jain S, Peterlin BL, Mehrotra M, Levine D, Rosenberg JD, Minges M, Seminowicz DA, Ford DE. Intensive Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Frequency and Burden of Migraine: An Unblinded Single-Arm Trial. Mindfulness (N Y). 2023 Feb;14(2):406-417. doi: 10.1007/s12671-023-02073-z. Epub 2023 Jan 24.
PMID: 38282695DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Madhav Goyal, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 21, 2008
First Posted
April 22, 2008
Study Start
April 1, 2008
Primary Completion
February 1, 2014
Study Completion
June 1, 2014
Last Updated
July 29, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-07