An Online Self-Guided Meditation Course for Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis

In brief

The aim of this study is to examine whether meditation delivered by the internet improves mood and attention as well as increases levels of dopamine in individuals who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02391298

Run by

Haley Duncanson

People needed

26

Starts

2014-12-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-04-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
• Must be available for 2 in person visits in Massachusetts

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with psychosis.
• Self-reported disorders of the central nervous system other than MS.
• Participants currently engaged in weekly psychotherapy who are unable to reduce session to once per month for the duration of the study.
• Sensorimotor limitations that would confound test results.
• Daily meditation practice (current or during the last 3 months).
• Medication changes in the past 3 months.
• Participants who, due to their MS are medically unstable. This will be defined as anyone who is actively relapsing at the time of recruitment (or within the last two weeks), or who becomes symptomatic during training.

Where it is running

• Suffolk University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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