Status:
COMPLETED
Functional MRI of Relaxation Response Training in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conditions:
ADHD
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-49 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This research study is being done to examine how meditation and the relaxation response (RR) may change brain activity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female adults (ages 18 - 49).
- Patients with the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), by the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), as manifested in clinical evaluation and confirmed by structured interview.
Exclusion
- Any current, non-ADHD Axis I psychiatric conditions
- Baseline Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) \> 19.
- Any clinically significant chronic medical condition.
- Mental retardation
- Organic brain disorders
- Seizures or tics.
- Pregnant or nursing females.
- Clinically unstable psychiatric conditions (suicidal behaviors, psychosis).
- Current or recent (within the past 2 years) substance abuse or dependence.
- Patients currently or recently (within past 1 month) on psychotropic medication.
- Subjects with current or prior adequate psychopharmacologic treatment for ADHD.
- Regular practice of an Relaxation Response-inducing technique within the past year
- History of claustrophobia or any of the standard contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning(metal objects within body).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01404273
Start Date
September 1 2009
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
July 31 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Benson-Henry Institute, 151 Merrimac St, 4th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114