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Meditation and Exercise for Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infection

NCT01057771 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 154

Last updated 2015-10-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The overarching goal of this project is to determine whether mind-body practices such as meditation or exercise can reduce the public health burden of acute respiratory infection. A major secondary goal is to determine whether mindfulness meditation or moderately strenuous exercise can enhance immune processes such as antibody response to influenza vaccination (flu shots). Finally, we want to investigate the influence of stress, optimism, anxiety and positive and negative emotion on immunity and resistance to respiratory infection.

Conditions

  • Acute Respiratory Infection

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meditation

Eight weeks of training in mindfulless meditation. Weekly group sessions of 2.5 hours, with 45 minutes/day of practice.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

Eight weeks of training in moderately strenuous exercise. Weekly group sessions of 2.5 hours, with 45 minutes/day of practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bruce Barrett, MD, PhD · University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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