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
Active Locations (1)
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UCSF CTSI Clinical Research Center
San Francisco, California, United States, 94120