A Study of Meditation as a Treatment for Epilepsy

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Epilepsy

Treatments: Behavioral: Meditation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00370929

HSPC-06-03-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Epileptic seizures may occur at times of stress and commonly increase life stress. This study will evaluate whether meditation improves seizure control and quality of life for individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy.

Full description

Individuals who have uncontrolled epilepsy commonly experience disability, depression, anxiety and injuries from seizures. For such individuals, ideal treatments should improve quality of life through control of seizures and improved emotional state. Meditation with cultivation of emotional balance is known to improve emotional state and may also benefit seizure control in some individuals. In this study, individuals with uncontrolled epilepsy will receive detailed training in meditation to determine whether the training leads to improvements in seizure control and various measures of emotion and quality of life.

Enrollment: 8 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 6 or more seizures per month
• ability to participate in meditation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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8 participants in 1 patient group

Meditation

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Meditation