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CompletedNCT04155216Updated Mar 15, 2024

A Guided Meditation Program in Patients Undergoing Dialysis

An interventional study of Relaxation and guided imagery program in End Stage Renal Disease, sponsored by The Rogosin Institute. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-15.

Sponsored by The Rogosin Institute · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

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Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
10
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-13

Among 765 studies in Kidney Failure, Chronic with a site in United States — 65 open to participants now, 97 under way, 9 of them phase 3. Kidney Failure, Chronic · United States.

Enrollment
542nd of 638
10 · median 48
Started
2020
with 34 others
No phase
287 of 765
28 open now
Registered
544th of 765
by date

Among the 765 studies in Kidney Failure, Chronic with a site in United States, this one is the 542nd largest by enrollment of the 638 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 35 that started in 2020, is one of 287 with no phase, and was the 544th registered.

Kidney Failure, Chronic

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This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

This is an open-label, single center, non-randomized, single-arm pilot study to determine the ability of a Relaxation and Guided Imagery Program for its ability to induce a reduction in anxiety in subjects undergoing hemodialysis for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Measures will evaluate the program's ability to impact anxiety, with secondary analysis of headaches, insomnia, fatigue, and pain. Subjects will be administered questionnaires at the study start and study end. Intervention will involve listening to a pre-recorded guided relaxation and imagery during regularly-scheduled dialysis sessions for four weeks.

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The investigators hypothesize that participation in the guided relaxation and imagery sessions, at least once during each hemodialysis session by subjects presenting with anxiety, will result in a demonstrated ability to shift out of anxiety into a peaceful state of mind, and result in a decrease in the reported immediate and overall anxiety levels.

Intervention will involve listening to a pre-recorded guided relaxation and imagery during regularly-scheduled dialysis sessions for four weeks. Subjects will be asked to complete the Kidney Disease and Quality of Life (KDQOL) questionnaire relating to quality of life measures, Likert scales to measure anxiety, headaches, insomnia, fatigue and pain and a questionnaire to assess other practiced meditative therapies, psychological therapies and medications.

Study Procedures:

Baseline: Following consent, each subject will be given an introduction to the program and will be provided with an MP3 player, pre-loaded with a recording of the guided mediation program. Subjects will be asked to complete the KDQOL questionnaire, as well as a Likert Scale to measure the psychophysical parameters in question at baseline. Subjects will be given a short questionnaire to assess other practiced meditative therapies. Per standard of care, patients will have blood drawn to measure C Reactive Protein (CRP) levels on day of consent, or within one week prior to Visit 1.

Visits 1 - 12: Subjects will complete a Likert Scale at the start of every dialysis session for 4 weeks (a total of 12 sessions), as well as listen to the recording at least once during each of the 12 sessions. Every recorded session will last approximately 25 minutes. Subjects will repeat the Likert Scale completion following each recorded session.

Visit 12: Subjects will be asked to complete the KDQOL questionnaire and a short questionnaire to assess other practiced meditative therapies, psychological therapies, and medications. Subjects will have C reactive protein drawn as standard of care. The subject's medical record will be reviewed for data relevant to the study. This includes dialysis attendance, notes on study measures, including anxiety, as well as headaches, insomnia, fatigue, and pain, KDQOL results, and CRP levels.

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Conditions studied

  • End Stage Renal Disease
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Males and females; 18 years or older.
  2. Receiving hemodialysis at The Rogosin Institute for End Stage Renal Disease.
  3. Willingness to adhere to the treatment intervention schedule.
  4. Subjects must present with anxiety.
  5. Willing and able to provide .

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Plans to withdraw from dialysis at The Rogosin Institute within the study timeline.
  2. Unable to provide .
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
10 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Guided imagery

    Relaxation and guided imagery program

    Behavioral: Relaxation and guided imagery program

Interventions

  • BehavioralRelaxation and guided imagery program

    Listening to a relaxation and guided imagery program for 25 minutes during hemodialysis treatments.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of Life Score

    To determine the quality of life using the Kidney Disease and Quality of Life (KDQOL) questionnaire. The score is determined by transforming the raw precoded numeric values of items to a 0-100 possible range, with higher transformed scores always reflecting better quality of life. Each item is put on a 0-100 range so that the lowest and highest possible score are set at 0 and 100 respectively. Scores represent the percentage of total possible score achieved.

    Time frame: Four weeks

  2. Anxiety level

    To determine how much of an impact anxiety had on the subject's day to day life, using a Likert Scale, ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (extreme).

    Time frame: Four weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Inflammation level

    CRP laboratory test

    Time frame: Four weeks

  2. Headaches

    To determine how much of an impact headaches had on the subject's day to day life, using a Likert Scale, ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (extreme).

    Time frame: Four weeks

  3. Insomnia

    To determine how much of an impact insomnia had on the subject's day to day life, using a Likert Scale, ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (extreme).

    Time frame: Four weeks

  4. Fatigue

    To determine how much of an impact fatigue had on the subject's day to day life, using a Likert Scale, ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (extreme).

    Time frame: Four weeks

  5. Feeling pain

    To determine how much of an impact pain had on the subject's day to day life, using a Likert Scale, ranging from 1 (none) to 5 (extreme).

    Time frame: Four weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • The Rogosin Institute
    New York, New York 10021, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2020 to primary completion in Oct 2020, 9 months.

Of 347 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Kidney Failure, Chronic, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 47. This study's 9 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 425 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 46.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 11, 2019
First posted
Nov 7, 2019
StartActual
Jan 6, 2020
Primary completionActual
Oct 7, 2020
CompletionActual
Oct 7, 2020
Last update
Mar 15, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 15, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04155216
Lead sponsor
The Rogosin Institute
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 7, 2019
Start date
Jan 6, 2020
Primary completion
Oct 7, 2020
Completion
Oct 7, 2020
Last update
Mar 15, 2024

Study contacts

Andrew Bohmart, MD
principal investigator · The Rogosin Institute

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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