8-week Pilot Study of Relaxation for Weight Loss in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Obesity plays a causal role for kidney disease incidence and progression. Moderate weight loss reduces the high metabolic demands on the kidney and decreases proteinuria in both diabetic and non-diabetic nephropathies. However, maintaining behavioral changes for weight loss is very challenging, and common chronic kidney disease (CKD) co-morbidities such as decreased exercise capacity only compound this difficulty. Moreover, no weight loss medications have been adequately tested in adults with CKD and most are contraindicated in this population. Mindful meditation or "mindfulness" in addition to other relaxation techniques may help adults lose weight by interrupting learned behavior, curbing compulsive eating, and reducing stress and appetite. Although mindful meditation and other relaxation techniques have gained the attention of the mainstream media for obesity treatment, scientific data on its efficacy remain limited. Due to the short duration of this study, substantial weight loss in any participant is not expected. Instead, the primary purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of mindful meditation relaxation techniques combined with standard care compared to standard care alone for the treatment of obesity among Veterans with CKD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00944138

Run by

Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital

People needed

20

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2009-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-07-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 88. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• receive medical care at the Hines VA CKD clinics.
• Presence of chronic kidney disease defined as an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 BSA or a spot urine albumin/creatinine ratio ≥ 30 mg/g
• BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2 or a waist circumference ≥ 102 (40 inches) and ≥ 88 cm (35 inches) in men and women, respectively.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to give informed consent
• inability to come to VA for two group sessions
• inability to listen to an MP3 player using headphones

Where it is running

• Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital — Hines, Illinois, United States

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