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Staying Well: A Clinical Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Education Groups for HIV

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00271856
First received: December 30, 2005
Last updated: April 11, 2012
Last verified: April 2012
History of Changes
Results First Received: August 3, 2011  
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized;   Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study;   Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment;   Masking: Open Label;   Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition: HIV
Interventions: Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Behavioral: HIV-education and self-management workshop

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Recruitment Details
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Participants were recruited between July 2005 to August 2008 through newspaper advertisements, electronic bulletin boards, community postings and fliers in clinics.

Pre-Assignment Details
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Enrolled participants were screened to determine if inclusion criteria were met. This process included structured phone interviews, medical history review, and laboratory results.

Reporting Groups
  Description
0 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): 8 weekly evening meetings plus one all-day class.
1-HIV Education/Self-management HIV education/self-management workshop: 8 weekly classes.

Participant Flow:   Overall Study
    0 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)     1-HIV Education/Self-management  
STARTED     89     88  
COMPLETED     78     70  
NOT COMPLETED     11     18  
Withdrawal by Subject                 1                 7  
Lost to Follow-up                 10                 11  



  Baseline Characteristics
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Reporting Groups
  Description
0 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR): 8 weekly evening meetings plus one all-day class.
1-HIV Education/Self-management HIV education/self-management workshop: 8 weekly classes.
Total Total of all reporting groups

Baseline Measures
    0 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)     1-HIV Education/Self-management     Total  
Number of Participants  
[units: participants]
 		  89     88     177  
Age  
[units: participants]
 		     
<=18 years     0     0     0  
Between 18 and 65 years     89     87     176  
>=65 years     0     1     1  
Age  
[units: years]
Mean ± Standard Deviation 		  41.1  ± 9.36     40.5  ± 9.5     40.8  ± 9.41  
Gender  
[units: participants]
 		     
Female     4     2     6  
Male     85     86     171  
Region of Enrollment  
[units: participants]
 		     
United States     89     88     177  



  Outcome Measures
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1.  Primary:   Change in CD4 T-cell Count   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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2.  Primary:   Change in Depression as Measured by Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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3.  Primary:   Change in Perceived Stress as Measured by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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4.  Primary:   Change in Positive and Negative Affect (PANAS) Positive Affect (PA) Score   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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5.  Primary:   Change in Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) Negative Affect (NA) Score   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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6.  Primary:   Change in Depression as Measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)   [ Time Frame: baseline to 12 months ]
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7.  Secondary:   Quality of Life (Short Form Health Survey; SF-36); Cortisol (Basal a.m. and Diurnal Change); T-cell Activation (i.e. CD38-cell Surface Marker) and NK Cell Number and Function; Autonomic Nervous System Activity ; Cell Aging   [ Time Frame: 3, 6, and 12 months ]
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Certain Agreements:  
Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.
There is NOT an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.


Limitations and Caveats
Limitations of the study, such as early termination leading to small numbers of participants analyzed and technical problems with measurement leading to unreliable or uninterpretable data
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Results Point of Contact:  
Name/Title: Patricia Moran, PhD
Organization: UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
phone: 415.353.9745
e-mail: moranp@ocim.ucsf.edu


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Responsible Party: University of California, San Francisco
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00271856     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: P01 AT002024, P01AT002024
Study First Received: December 30, 2005
Results First Received: August 3, 2011
Last Updated: April 11, 2012
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government