Effects of Meditation

Status

Terminated

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01827033

Enrollment

Registered

2013-04-09

Start date

2013-03-31

Completion date

2013-06-30

Last updated

2015-09-16

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Conditions

Meditation Training

Brief summary

This research is being done to learn about the effects of doing meditation (sitting quietly and concentrating) on people's ability to pay attention and be relaxed.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALmeditation training

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 55 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* aged 18-55 * currently enrolled in methadone maintenance program

Exclusion criteria

* history of: a severe medical or psychiatric condition (except substance abuse; e.g., schizophrenia); brain trauma affecting cognitive functioning * prior experience with meditation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
computerized attention task	within 1 week after training	discrimination score on the continuous performance task

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
stress questionnaires	within 1 week after training
mindfulness questionnaire	within 1 week after training

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026