Clinical trial NCT03779269: Effect of Preksha Meditation on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students
Official title: Effect of Preksha Meditation (Green Color and Buzzing Meditation) on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students With a Control Group
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Inattention and Memory
Affect
Lead sponsor: Orlando Regional Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Florida International University
First posted: 2018-12-19
Enrollment: 142
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: prospective convenience controlled study
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness.

Detailed description: Preksha Meditation Research: The goal of this project is to assess impact of an 8 week course of Preksha Meditation (combination of Green color and buzzing sound meditation), in a group of college students to assess potential benefits to their pulmonary function, cognitive ability (immediate recall, attention), and happiness. The investigators will compare the data received from prior study to analyze their performance before and after. The investigators will also compare this data with control group data, to assess potential improvements as a benchmark. Analyse the EEG data to investigate its impact on brain. Further analyze their blood cells if they show any epigenetic changes. Data analysis team will be blinded for no identifiers are available.

METHOD AND PROCEDURES:

The data analysis will be undertaken by experts and will be blinded. The data currently is only de-identified.

The data which is already collected from the research "Effect of Preksha Meditation (Green color and Buzzing Meditation) on Cognitive Abilities and Pulmonary Function in Students with a Control Group" will be analyzed. The data is related to students having practiced minimum 3 guided 25 minute sessions per week in a controlled environment. The control group did not meditate for those weeks when they enrolled in the program.

The intervention the subjects received was as follows:

Experimental group 3 days per week Sessions: 5 minutes: Relaxation and Review of Meditation Practices 10 minutes: Mahapraan Meditation 10 minutes: Green color meditation Begin in stages

* 0 - 2 Weeks: Teach technique and carry out 15 minutes meditation sessions.
* 2 - 9 Weeks: Increment meditation sessions to a length of 25 minutes. 5 minutes: Review of meditation experience and collection of information

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy individuals
* No prior experience in meditation

Exclusion Criteria:

* Prior experience with meditation.

  * health issues.
  * Alcohol
  * Smoking.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Cognitive skills assessment using Connor's CPT test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pulmonary function using actual lung capacity test
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Transcriptomics and epigenetics
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Miami Beach
country: United States
facility: Florida International University
state: Florida
city: Orlando
country: United States
facility: Orlando Regional Medical Center
state: Florida
Study officials:
affiliation: Head, Translational Research
name: Devendra Mehta, M.D., M. SC.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Mehta S, Mehta V, Mehta S, Shah D, Motiwala A, Vardhan J, Mehta N, Mehta D. Multimodal behavior program for ADHD incorporating yoga and implemented by high school volunteers: a pilot study. ISRN Pediatr. 2011;2011:780745. doi: 10.5402/2011/780745. Epub 2011 Aug 11.
citation: Pragya SU, Cordoba G, Chiu R, Mehta N, Johnson P, Mehta DI, Mehta N. Can The Cognitive Parameters Of College Students With Learning Disabilities Benefit From Using Mahapraan, A Breathing Based Preksha Meditation. Journal of College Teaching & Learning 2014; 11, 4 Epub
citation: Pragya SU, Mehta ND, Abomoelak B, Uddin P, Veeramachaneni P, Mehta N, Moore S, Jean-Francois M, Garcia S, Pragya SC, Mehta DI. Effects of Combining Meditation Techniques on Short-Term Memory, Attention, and Affect in Healthy College Students. Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 5;12:607573. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607573. eCollection 2021.