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Interoceptive Training Enhanced Mindfulness

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorVeterans Medical Research Foundation
Started2025-09-10
Est. completion2027-03-31
Eligibility
Age18 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Age: 18 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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

Conditions2

AnxietyAnxiety Sensitivity

Locations1 site

VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, California, 92161
Ariel Lang, PhD, MPH8585528585ariel.lang@va.gov

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