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Breathe: Slow Paced Breathing to Lower Blood Pressure

NCT00328016 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2017-07-02

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of the physiological reasons for the decreases in resting blood pressure that can result from systematic practice of computer-guided breathing exercises or meditative relaxation.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided Breathing

The participant will engage in daily 15 min sessions of meditative relaxation that involves quiet attention to breathing pattern with no attempt to manipulate breathing pattern

DEVICE

RESPeRATE

The participant will be trained to perform a guided breathing task that involves a chest expansion sensor, battery-powered microcomputer, and earphones

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • William B. Ershler, M.D. · NIA, Clinical research Unit

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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