Brain Mechanisms of Reducing Polysubstance Use Following a Novel Body-mind Intervention

Texas Tech University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Multiple Drug Use

Treatments

Behavioral: RT

Behavioral: IBMT

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT04261504

IRB2018-943

R61AT010138 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study will examine brain mechanisms of a brief mindfulness intervention - integrative body-mind training (IBMT) on alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis (ATC) reduction.

Full description

The R61 phase of the proposed study will examine brain mechanisms of a brief mindfulness intervention - integrative body-mind training (IBMT) that targets at self-control networks in the brain, and test IBMT effects on alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis (ATC) reduction.

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 23 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

(1) at least 18 years old;
(2) free of any psychiatric diagnoses or medication (besides a substance use disorder to alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis);
(3) in the past month, at least 4 episode of heavy episodic drinking; at least 3 occasion of cannabis use; and daily cigarette use for at least the past month;
(4) normal or corrected-to-normal vision;
(5) written informed consent;
(6) no previous meditation or neurofeedback (NF) experiences.

Exclusion criteria

(1) any psychiatric diagnoses other than a substance use disorder;
(2) medical disorder(s) that may affect the central nervous system; medications that affect the central and autonomic nervous system; or a positive pregnancy test result (females);
(3) excluding cannabis, evidence of recent (past month) illicit drug use.