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Evaluating Mechanisms of Blood Pressure Reduction Using Meditation in Hypertensive African Americans

NCT00681200 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 152

Last updated 2022-04-14

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Summary

High blood pressure is a common health problem among people in the United States. This study will compare the effectiveness of a meditation program versus a health education program at decreasing stress and lowering blood pressure levels among African-American adults with high blood pressure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced health education

health education and social support

BEHAVIORAL

Transcendental Meditation program

The TM program plus didactic-based health education classes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Howard University

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Maharishi International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Otelio Randall, MD · Howard University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2012-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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