Status:

COMPLETED

Craving and Lifestyle Management Through Mindfulness Pilot Study

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, San Francisco

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

Mount Zion Health Fund

Conditions:

Obesity

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an innovative program that combines mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindful eating practices with diet and exercise guidelines (CALMM+ interven...

Detailed Description

Obesity is an important growing epidemic, with about 65% of Americans overweight (Flegal, Carroll et al. 2002). Psychological stress is widely cited anecdotally as a factor that causes people to engag...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • healthy female
  • aged 18-50
  • BMI range 25-45
  • negative urine glucose test
  • must be able to provide informed consent

Exclusion

  • male
  • age less than 18 or menopausal
  • clinical diagnosis of eating disorder, diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome, and coronary artery disease
  • history of anginal chest pain without adequate evaluation
  • substance abuse, mental health or medical condition that might interfere with study participation
  • use of medications containing corticosteroids
  • breastfeeding
  • non- English speaker
  • pregnant or planning to get pregnant in the next 6 months
  • previous Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction training
  • initiation of new class of psychiatric medications in past 2 months
  • currently on a weight loss diet

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

15 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00643344

Start Date

January 1 2008

End Date

December 1 2008

Last Update

October 28 2014

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UCSF CTSI Clinical Research Center

San Francisco, California, United States, 94120