Status:
WITHDRAWN
Meditation and Kundalini Yoga for Persistent Lyme-related Symptoms - an Online Study
Lead Sponsor:
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.
Conditions:
Post-Treatment Lyme Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This randomized, controlled study examines whether a daily practice over 8 weeks of Kundalini Yoga or Meditation can help to reduce pain and/or fatigue among patients with symptoms that persist despit...
Detailed Description
Research reports indicate that approximately 5-20% of patients treated for Lyme disease with the IDSA-recommended 2-4 week course of antibiotics will continue to have symptoms of fatigue, pain, cognit...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Continued Lyme disease-related symptoms despite prior antibiotic treatment
- Current symptoms of either fatigue or pain that is moderate in severity
- Treatment history over the prior 8 weeks: Either no treatment or it's been stable
- Willingness to not start a new medical or psychiatric treatment during the 8 study weeks
- Access to a smart phone
- Age 18-70 and able to read and understand English
- Lives in the United States
Exclusion
- Current severe depression, Substance abuse in the last 6 months, pain disorder treated with an opiate-based medication, or current or past episodes of Psychosis or Bipolar disorder.
- Individuals with physical disability that might make study participation difficult.
- Individuals whose current medical status is so severe or unstable that participation in the study (and not receiving new treatments from other providers) would be difficult
- Unwillingness to complete questionnaires on-line or dedicate thirty minutes daily to meditation and/or stretching
- Unwillingness to continue in the study for 8 weeks by completing self-report evaluations if randomly assigned to the wait-list rather than to Kundalini Yoga or Meditation.
- Individuals unwilling to delay starting any new Mind-body practice (e.g., meditation , Yoga) until after the 8 weeks of the study have been completed.
- Individuals with a current daily practice of Mindfulness-based stress reduction or those who currently have a daily practice of meditation or yoga
- Individuals unwilling to provide records of prior diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease
- Individuals unwilling to accept push notifications to their smartphone or computer
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 20 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04349605
Start Date
June 20 2021
End Date
March 1 2023
Last Update
November 19 2021
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