Asthma and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2
Conditions studied: Asthma
In brief
Asthma is one of the four most common chronic disorders in adults, affecting 14 million adults in the United States and costing an estimated 7.9 billion dollars in medical care and 5.3 billion dollars in lost work or school. About 40% of asthmatics report using some form of complementary and alternative medicine approach to help reduce their asthma symptoms, but there is little evidence for their effectiveness. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a group based program shown to reduce medical symptoms and improve quality of life for patients with many different chronic diseases. The goals of the proposed randomized controlled trial are to collect preliminary data on the effect of MBSR on quality of life, symptoms, and lung function in mild and moderate-severity asthmatics and to refine recruitment and data collection procedures for a future, larger clinical trial.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00682669
- Run by
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- People needed
- 83
- Starts
- 2006-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2011-08-19
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- documented diagnosis of asthma from their physician
- meet criteria for mild persistent or moderate persistent asthma
- able to read and understand English
- able to complete informed consent process and study data collection procedures
- 21 or older
You may not qualify if…
- current smoker
- other lung diseases besides asthma
- cancer, except non-melanoma skin cancer
- currently receiving treatment for symptomatic cardiovascular disease
- on psychotropic medications in the prior 6 months
- psychiatric hospitalization in the last 2 years
- has taken the MBSR program in the past
- currently practicing meditation or yoga on a regular basis
Where it is running
- University of Massachusetts Medical School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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