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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Aging (HealthyAgers Trial)

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Led By Ruchika Prakash, Ph.D.

Research Sponsored by Ohio State University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Be older than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

Awards & highlights

HealthyAgers Trial Summary

This trial will study the effects of mindfulness meditation and lifestyle education on attentional control in older adults.

HealthyAgers Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, 2 months, 8months, 14 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in attentional control on tasks of sustained attention

Secondary outcome measures

Change in Measure of Daily Functioning

Change in cognitive performance on the NIH Cognitive Toolbox Battery

Change in emotion regulation strategy sse

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HealthyAgers Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Mindfulness-Based Stress ReductionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will meet once a week for 8 weeks (2.5 hours per session), plus a 4-hour retreat day, to engage in mindfulness meditation exercises. Didactic components will include oral presentations, informational videos, and group discussion. Additionally, daily homework assignments will require participants to engage in guided practices for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.

Group II: Lifestyle EducationActive Control1 Intervention

Participants will meet once a week for 2.5 hours for 8 weeks, plus a 4-hour retreat day, to engage in light stretching exercises and interactive discussions on health topics, such as physical activity, nutrition, sleep, stress, etc. Didactic components will include oral presentations, informational videos, and group discussion. Additionally, daily homework assignments will ask participants to engage in stretching, read or watch informational content, and answer reflection questions for 30 minutes a day for 5 days a week.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

2018

Completed Phase 2

~1430

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Ohio State UniversityLead Sponsor

829 Previous Clinical Trials

505,570 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Aging

1,000 Patients Enrolled for Aging

National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH

1,671 Previous Clinical Trials

28,016,890 Total Patients Enrolled

160 Trials studying Aging

75,834 Patients Enrolled for Aging

Ruchika Prakash, Ph.D.Principal Investigator - The Ohio State Universty

Ohio State University

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are individuals aged 55 and above eligible for participation in this trial?

"The eligibility requirements for this experiment stipulate that participants must be aged 65 to 85. The trial has 1 study geared towards individuals younger than 18 and 239 studies focused on elderly patients in the same age range."

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Is there a chance for me to become part of this experiment?

"This medical study entails 173 elderly participants with age-related conditions. To be admitted, potential patients must meet the following qualifications: aged 65 to 85 years old, able to attend meetings and sessions, right-handedness, English fluency proficiency, visual acuity of 20/40 or better (with corrective lenses), normal color vision perception capabilities , adequate hearing for experimental purposes , no terminal illness diagnosis, free from neurological disorders and a lack of past psychotic disorder or drug abuse history."

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Does this research project currently accept volunteers?

"This experiment, which was initially posted on August 17th 2018 and last updated October 3rd 2022 is no longer looking for participants. Even so, 246 alternative clinical trials are actively seeking patients at this juncture."

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Recent research and studies

BMC GeriatricsJournal

Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction to Improve Attentional Control in Older Adults (healthyagers Trial)

Prakash, Ruchika Shaurya, Stephanie Fountain-Zaragoza, Megan Fisher, Oyetunde Gbadeyan, Rebecca Andridge, Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, Heena R. Manglani, et al.. 2022. “Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction to Improve Attentional Control in Older Adults (healthyagers Trial)”. BMC Geriatrics. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1186/s12877-022-03334-7.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Mind-body Interventions for Healthy Aging

Ruchika Prakash 2018. "Mind-body Interventions for Healthy Aging". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03626532.