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Interoceptive Training Enhanced Mindfulness

Description

This pilot randomized controlled trial will compare a novel mindfulness training to interoceptive exposure to establish feasibility and acceptability as an intervention for anxiety sensitivity.

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This pilot randomized controlled trial will compare a novel mindfulness training to interoceptive exposure to establish feasibility and acceptability as an intervention for anxiety sensitivity.

Interoceptive Training Enhanced Mindfulness (ITEM): Acceptability and Measurement

Interoceptive Training Enhanced Mindfulness

Condition
Anxiety Sensitivity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

San Diego

VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, California, United States, 92161

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Veteran status
  • * able to read and speak English
  • * ASI-3 score of 23 or higher
  • * clinically meaningful distress/impairment related to an emotional or somatic complaint as determined by a Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI) of 3 or greater
  • * Internet access via a device that can support remote study activities and ability to attend in person appointments
  • * serious mental illness, including bipolar disorder or psychotic illness
  • * current, untreated alcohol or substance use disorder
  • * moderate-severe suicidality that would likely result in the need for urgent intervention in the next 2 months
  • * current regular meditation practice or treatment for AS-related condition
  • * cognitive dysfunction that interferes with the ability to engage in treatment

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Veterans Medical Research Foundation,

Study Record Dates

2027-03-31