LoveYourBrain Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Multiple Sclerosis
In brief
The purpose of the study is to assess the feasibility of a 6-week yoga and meditation intervention for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study will evaluate the impact of the program on fatigue, anxiety, depression, positive affect, and other measures. A sub-study will collect brain images using MRI on 2 subjects before and after the intervention to identify potential biological markers of MS related-fatigue.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03827928
- Run by
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- People needed
- 15
- Starts
- 2019-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-12-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-02-05
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis with EDSS score equal to or less than 6 (within last year)
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to ambulate without assistance from a device or person
- Subjects taking medications for depression, fatigue, or anxiety must be stable for 8 weeks prior to baseline
- Able to read, write, and speak English
- Willing to refrain from participating in yoga or meditation outside of the study for the duration of enrollment
- Willing and able to give informed consent
You may not qualify if…
- Participation in yoga and/or meditation more than twice within 8 weeks prior to baseline.
- MS symptom exacerbation in the 8 weeks before baseline or other serious medical conditions that would impair ability to participate in the study.
- Any other reason that, in the investigator's opinion, would exclude the subject from participation in the study.
- Contraindication to scanning, including but not limited to ferromagnetic metal in the body, claustrophobia, inability to lie still or otherwise tolerate being in the scanner.
- Pregnant women must be excluded from the imaging component of the study due to unknown but possible risk of fetal exposure to the scanner. Women of child-bearing potential will take a confidential pregnancy test immediately prior to each scan session.
Where it is running
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center — Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
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