NCT03503669

Reducing Risk for Alzheimer's Disease in High-Risk Women Through Yogic Meditation Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study will be to test whether Kundalini yoga (KY) and Kirtan Kriya (KK) yogic meditation is superior to Memory Enhancement Training (MET) for improving cognitive functioning, health (including cardiovascular factors), and mood in women with high AD risk.

Detailed description

Overall, the investigators anticipate recruiting 100 women (50 or older) with MCI and high Alzheimer's disease risk. Subjects will either receive: (1) MET class for 60 minutes per week; or (2) Kundalini yoga and "Kirtan Kriya" meditation class for 60 minutes per week. Assessments will be completed immediately after the interventions at 6 and 12 weeks and follow-up visits at week 24 and 48 to monitor the overall benefit of the intervention.

Conditions

• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Alzheimer's Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Memory Training	Participants will attend a weekly memory training class for 12 weeks as well as receive daily memory homework (12 minute duration) for the 12 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Kundalini yoga and meditation	Participants will participate in a 60 minute yoga and meditation session weekly for 12 weeks and will be assigned a daily Kirtan Kriya meditation (12 minute duration) for 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-01-08
• Completion: 2021-02-01
• First posted: 2018-04-20
• Last updated: 2024-02-08
• Results posted: 2024-02-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States