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National Institute on Aging (NIA) |
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Information provided by: | National Institute on Aging (NIA) |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00328016 |
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.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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High Blood Pressure |
Behavioral: Guided Breathing Device: Resperate |
Phase III |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Subject), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Respiratory Adaptations to Behavioral Interventions in Elevated Blood Pressure |
Estimated Enrollment: | 40 |
Study Start Date: | April 2006 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2009 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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1: Experimental |
Device: Resperate
The participant will be trained to perform a guided breathing task that involves a chest expansion sensor, battery-powered microcomputer, and earphones
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2: Active Comparator |
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
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In this randomized clinical trial, persons with moderately elevated blood pressure will be trained in either computer-guided breathing exercises or meditative relaxation. The computer-guided breathing exercise involves listening to tones of ascending and descending pitch to which breathing is entrained to low frequencies over a 15 minute interval. The meditative relaxation involves passive attention to natural breathing for the same duration.
Participants will perform these breathing exercises daily at home for four weeks. Before and after the intervention, respiratory, cardiovascular, and urinary endogenous digitalis-like factors will be systematically recorded to determine the extent to which chronic neuroendocrine changes underlie the reductions in blood pressure.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 21 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Jessica McNeely, BA | 410-350-7379 | mcneelyj@grc.nia.nih.gov |
United States, Maryland | |
Harbor Hospital | Recruiting |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21225 | |
Contact: Jessica McNeely, BA 410-350-7379 mcneelyj@grc.nih.nia.gov | |
Contact: NIA Recruiter 410-350-3941 NIAStudiesRecruitment@mail.nih.gov | |
Principal Investigator: David E. Anderson, PhD |
Principal Investigator: | David E. Anderson, PhD | NIA, Behavioral Hypertension Unit |
Responsible Party: | National Institute on Aging ( David Anderson, Ph.D., Clinical Research Branch ) |
Study ID Numbers: | AG0067 |
Study First Received: | May 18, 2006 |
Last Updated: | August 28, 2008 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00328016 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
hypertension high blood pressure meditation |
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