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Meditation-Based Stress Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Study NCT00071292   Information provided by National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
First Received: October 17, 2003   Last Updated: March 5, 2008   History of Changes

October 17, 2003
March 5, 2008
July 2003
 
 
 
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Meditation-Based Stress Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Mindfulness Meditation-Based Stress Reduction in Relieving Symptoms Associated With Rheumatoid Arthritis

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program is useful in relieving symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

 
Phase II
Interventional
Other, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Behavioral: stress reduction program
  • Behavioral: meditation
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Completed
80
March 2005
 

Inclusion criteria:

  • Confirmed diagnosis of RA, with doctor's letter or doctors' bill with ICD code 714;
  • 18 years of age or older;
  • Able to read and write English;
  • Able to attend 15 course sessions and questionnaire sessions at Kernan Hospital in Baltimore;
  • Willing to practice skills for 45 minutes to 1 hour per day, 6 days a week;
  • Stable on rheumatoid medications for at least one month.

Exclusion criteria:

  • Major psychiatric illness (bipolar disorder, multiple personality disorder, etc.);
  • Active alcoholism or drug dependency;
  • Scheduled for major surgery during the study period;
  • Enrolled in randomized clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis during the study period;
  • Planning to move out of the area in the next 12 months;
  • Unwilling to be enrolled in a control group;
  • Use of assistive device other than a cane;
  • Serious health condition(s) that the investigator determines would make it difficult to complete the 6 month study;
  • Diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Both
18 Years and older
No
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United States
 
NCT00071292
 
P50 AT000084, Pradhan, Elizabeth
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
 
Principal Investigator: Brian Berman, MD Director, Center for Integrative Medicine
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
March 2008

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