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Multi-site Feasibility and Acceptability of a Faith-based Mind-body Intervention for Black Adults

NCT05791981 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-05-18

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Summary

To test a program that combines yoga and Christian spirituality (called Harmony \& Health) to learn if it can help participants exercise more.

Conditions

  • Psychosocial
  • Mind-body

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Harmony & Health Intervention

Participants will attend group in person sessions 2 times each week for 8 weeks. The sessions will be 45 minutes long. In each session, there will be an introduction, 30 minutes of gentle yoga-based poses and breathing exercises, and then 10 minutes of guided relaxation and scripture meditation. Participants will be instructed to practice the exercises at home 2 times each week during the entire 6-month period. You will be given instructions and a yoga mat, belt, and block. After your Week 9 assessment, you will attend in-person or Zoom sessions 1 time each month over the final 4 months of the study

BEHAVIORAL

Attention Control

Participants will attend group in-person health education sessions 2 times each week for 8 weeks. The sessions will be 45 minutes long and will include discussions of disease prevention and other health and well-being topics. After your Week 9 assessment, you will have the ability to attend additional in-person or Zoom health education sessions 1 time each month over the final 4 months of the study.

DEVICE

Fitbit

Participants will be given a Fitbit and instructions on how to use it. The Fitbit will record your physical activity and report it to the study staff.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Scherezade Mama, DRPH · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-26
Primary Completion
2028-03-31
Completion
2028-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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