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NCT03344081 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record

Evaluating Multivariate MRI Maps of Body Awareness

A clinical trial of Attention, sponsored by University of California, San Francisco.

Completed
Registry status
16
Enrollment target
1
Study location

NCT03344081: Completed study of Attention, sponsored by University of California, San Francisco.

NCT03344081 is a study of Attention that has completed, run by University of California, San Francisco. The registered enrollment target is 16 participants, below the 96-participant average among 13 other Attention trials with a reported enrollment target (83% lower). The trial reports 1 study location across 1 state. According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03344081, a study of Attention, has completed, sponsored by University of California, San Francisco.

COMPLETED
Registry status
16 participants
Enrollment target
1
Study location

Study Summary

Meditation skills, or paying attention to internal mental states, are thought to improve people's health. This study is developing a new brain measure of meditation skills, called the EMBODY Task, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The investigators are testing whether pattern recognition methods can be applied to fMRI data to identify mental states during meditation, including attention to the body and to thoughts. This task is being developed in meditation practitioners and non-meditators. The goal is to understand what people are paying attention to during meditation using brain data. The investigators hypothesize that pattern recognition technology will be able to identify different mental states that occur during meditation.

Primary Outcome

The EMBODY Task is a new brain-based measure using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure meditation skills. The primary outcome measure of the EMBODY Task is whether brain patterns are recognized by pattern classification algorithms for the 5 conditions in the study (attention to breath, body, mind wandering, thoughts, and sounds) above chance levels (20% for 5 conditions, using a one-sample t-test for each condition in the entire sample). Classification accuracy is a standard

Conditions Studied

Study Locations (1)

California

  • Osher Center for Integrative Medicine - San Francisco

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 16 participants
Start Date 2016-06-01
Est. Completion 2019-07-11

What the finished NCT03344081 record still lists

NCT03344081 is an observational study that tracks outcomes without assigning an intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 16 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 96-participant average among 13 other Attention trials with a reported enrollment target (83% lower).

The record links to 1 condition, with Attention appearing as the primary indexed condition, and to 0 interventions.

NCT03344081 reports a single indexed study location in California.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03344081 about?

NCT03344081 is a clinical study titled "Evaluating Multivariate MRI Maps of Body Awareness". Meditation skills, or paying attention to internal mental states, are thought to improve people's health. This study is developing a new brain measure of meditation skills, called the EMBODY Task, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The investigators are testing whether pattern recog...

What is the current status of trial NCT03344081?

This trial is currently completed. The enrollment target is 16 participants. The study started on 2016-06-01. Estimated completion is 2019-07-11.

What conditions does trial NCT03344081 study?

This clinical trial studies the following conditions: Attention.

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03344081?

This trial is sponsored by University of California, San Francisco, which has 1,713 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where is trial NCT03344081 being conducted?

This trial has 1 study location across California. Contact the study sites directly through ClinicalTrials.gov for enrollment availability.

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Where NCT03344081's enrollment target sits among peer trials

16 12th of 13 higher than 2 of 13 other Attention trials

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