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Reducing Risk for Alzheimer's Disease in High-Risk Women Through Yogic Meditation Training

NCT03503669 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2024-02-08

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Summary

The purpose of this pilot study will be to test whether Kundalini yoga (KY) and Kirtan Kriya (KK) yogic meditation is superior to Memory Enhancement Training (MET) for improving cognitive functioning, health (including cardiovascular factors), and mood in women with high AD risk.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Memory Training

Participants will attend a weekly memory training class for 12 weeks as well as receive daily memory homework (12 minute duration) for the 12 weeks.

BEHAVIORAL

Kundalini yoga and meditation

Participants will participate in a 60 minute yoga and meditation session weekly for 12 weeks and will be assigned a daily Kirtan Kriya meditation (12 minute duration) for 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Helen Lavretsky, MS, MD · UCLA Semel Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-05-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-08
Completion
2021-02-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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