Does Conscious Connected Breathwork Reduce Symptoms of Anxiety?

NCT06374810 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CCB1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 108
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether conscious connected breathwork reduces symptoms of anxiety in people with mild to severe anxiety symptoms, as measured by the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale. The main questions aims to answer:

1. 1.Does conscious connected breathwork reduce symptoms of anxiety?
2. 2.Does an increased frequency of self-practice lead to even greater reductions of anxiety symptoms.

Conditions

Anxiety

Keywords

anxiety

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in anxiety symptoms

  Scores on the Zung Self Rating Anxiety Scale - Scores range from a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 80. A higher score indicates more severe symptoms of anxiety than a lower score.

  6 - 8 weeks between taking the anxiety scale either before and after the breathwork program or remaining on the wait list

Study Arms (2)

Breathwork Group

EXPERIMENTAL

This group participated in 6 weeks of 90-minute Conscious Connected Breathwork groups conducted via Zoom. Participants attended 1 workshop per week

Behavioral: Conscious Connected Breathwork

Waitlist control group

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

This group were told the 1st cohort of the study was full and they would be permitted to join cohort 2 in 6 weeks time. At the end of this waitlist period participants were invited to join the second cohort so long as they still met the inclusion criteria.

Other: Placebo waitlist

Interventions

Conscious Connected Breathwork BEHAVIORAL

Participants were taught the Conscious Connected Breathwork Technique. 2 facilitators were monitoring and coaching the participants to ensure adherence to the technique

Breathwork Group

Placebo waitlist OTHER

Participants were told the study was full and that they were placed on a waiting list until the 1st cohort had completed the breathwork program

Waitlist control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• \- Scores of 35 or higher on the Zung self-rating anxiety scale

You may not qualify if:

• anyone having completed more than 4 sessions of Conscious Connected Breathwork
• Anyone who has recently (within 1 year) started anti-depressant medication or psychotherapy
• Anyone with a history of panic disorder, psychosis, angina, pregnant, seizure disorder, glaucoma

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Richard Blake: lead

Study Sites (1)

CIIS

San Francisco, California, 94103, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Participants in group 2 were told that the trial was full but actually they were just placed in the placebo control group.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Candidate

Model Details: Participants were randomly assigned to either the breathwork group or they were told that they had been placed on a waitlist and that they would participate in the 2nd cohort, which would take place after the 1st 6-week program had been completed. Participants in the breathwork groups were also given a 10 minute guided conscious connected breathwork recording. They were advised to do this daily to support the integration of their process. This was not mandatory. At the end of the study participants were asked how often they used the guided self-practice. The frequency of use of the self-practice was used a covariate.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 16, 2024
• First Posted: April 19, 2024
• Study Start: September 21, 2023
• Primary Completion: December 20, 2023
• Study Completion: December 20, 2023
• Last Updated: April 22, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Locations

US (1)