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NCT04506892Completed

Quantitation of Glymphatic Functioning in Sleep and Meditative States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Aug 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This involves development and application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for visualizing hemodynamic and metabolic relationships in healthy volunteers with advanced meditation experience.

Status (registry)
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
75 (actual)
First submitted
17 Jul 2020
Start date
1 Feb 2021
Primary completion date
1 Dec 2024
Lead sponsor
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
NCT number
NCT04506892

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 75
  • From 1 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, 1 Dec 2024
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Any non-MR compatible material implant, or contraindication to MR scanning
  • Taking benzodiazepines, cholinestorase inhibitors, anti-psychotics, opioids, MAO inhibitors

Other illness

  • Participants with a recent (less than 2 months) infection, tattoo, or wound
  • clinical diagnosis of any major neurological or psychological condition

Other

  • Claustrophobia or inability to lie still for prolonged periods of time
  • No consumption of stimulants or alcohol within 12 hours of the study visit

Who the study is looking for

  • Ages 14-45
  • "Adept meditator status"

Age in the registry: 18 years to 45 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesUnknown status

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