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Brain Mechanisms Supporting Meditation-based Analgesia

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03414138

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Official title

Identifying the Neurofunctional Connections Supporting Mindfulness Meditation Based Analgesia

Brief summary

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Mindfulness meditation has been shown to reduce pain in experimental and clinical settings, and the neural mechanisms underlying this analgesia are distinct from that of placebo related beliefs in the utility of the meditation. Although previous studies have identified potential cortical and sub-cortical targets responsible for mediating these effects, the connectional relationships between them remains largely unexplored. The present study will use blood-oxygen-level dependent (BOLD) neuroimaging to assess functional connections supporting mindfulness meditation.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT03414138
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
40 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Apr 19, 2018
Primary completion
Aug 1, 2018
Completion
Aug 1, 2018
Last update posted
Jun 10, 2019

2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Wake Forest University Health Sciences Winston-Salem North Carolina 27157

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