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Compassion Meditation (CM) intervention for Anxiety and Mood Disorders

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Barton W. Palmer, PhD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 18 months
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Study Summary

This study is evaluating whether a group training in compassion meditation can help reduce anxiety and depression in older Veterans.

Eligible Conditions
  • Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~18 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 18 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
Completion rate
Enrollment rate
Initiation rate
+1 more
Secondary outcome measures
Improvement in depression and anxiety (BSI), social connection (SCS-R), satisfaction with life (SWLS) and positive emotions (mDES) from baseline to post-intervention
Improvement in depression and anxiety from baseline to post-intervention
Mean (and SD) change scores for each inflammatory biomarker (hs-CRP, IL-6, and TNF- )

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Compassion Meditation (CM) intervention groupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Thee CBCT-Vet includes 10 90-minute sessions that will be led by certified CBCT therapist with significant experience in administering CBCT-Vet. Sessions 1 - 4 assist participants in basic mindfulness breathing practices; sessions 4 - 8 focus on personal analysis of factors underlying difficulties with compassion for self or others; the final two sessions (9 and 10) review content and assist with relapse prevention. Session by session topics are: (1) Introduction and learning breathing meditation, (2) Focused attention, (3) Creating space, (4) Mindful awareness, (5) Re-engaging with heroic spirit, (6) Seeing ourselves in others, (7) Appreciation and gratitude, (8) Empathy and engaged compassion, (9) "Putting it all together," and (10) "Putting it all together 2."
Group II: Psychoeducational healthy aging groupActive Control1 Intervention
The investigators will develop and test a 10-week psychoeducational group focused on topics in healthy aging to examine its feasibility as a control condition for a subsequent VA Merit-supported randomized controlled trial. This will include multiple resources for community education regarding healthy aging, including a library of videotaped community-focused talks, such as increasing happiness, mental resilience and health, nutrition, and physical activity. These resources will be incorporated into 90-minute sessions wherein the key information from talks is shown to participants, with a follow-up discussion and review period led by the group facilitator. In the context of the present feasibility study, the investigators anticipate modifying and refining the content and format of the group in response to participant feedback.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Compassion Meditation (CM) intervention
2019
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,609 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,581 Total Patients Enrolled
Barton W. Palmer, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorVA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA
1 Previous Clinical Trials
252 Total Patients Enrolled

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Compassion Meditation for Older Adults
2019. "Compassion Meditation for Older Adults". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03964246.
~5 spots leftby Apr 2025
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