NCT07868783Not yet recruiting
Transcendental Meditation Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents
A Pilot Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Through Transcendental Meditation Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 9 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this study is to learn if a meditation intervention called Transcendental Meditation or TM can be used in a small department at Weill Cornell Medicine to help reduce employees' levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression as well as to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the meditation practice by Weill Cornell employees. The main question the study aims to answer is whether: • Levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression will be decreased, and overall mental well-being will improve over a 3.5-month period before and after TM intervention. Participants will attend 9 sessions total (8 group sessions and 1 individual session) with a certified TM instructor from The David Lynch Foundation Institute for Mental Health and Resilience where they will gain experience in proper TM techniques. Also, participants will conduct 2 of their own TM sessions at home daily during the course of this study.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Oct 2026
- Start date
- 15 Nov 2026
- Primary completion date
- 15 Mar 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Diseases
- Depression
- NCT number
- NCT07868783
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 15
- From 15 Nov 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Mar 2027
- 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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Other illness
- Have an unstable regimen of psychoactive medications in the past two months or psychiatric hospitalization in the last six months, per self-report.
Age
- Are younger than 18 years of age.
Other
- Are already instructed in the Transcendental Meditation technique.
- Are not a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medical College or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
- Are unwilling to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes.
- Are unwilling to complete a battery of self-report surveys online at baseline, at one month, and at three months post-baseline.
- Are unable to commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing).
- This study will not include Adults unable to consent, Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers), and prisoners. The study may include pregnant women.
Who the study is looking for
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Be a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
- Agree to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes.
- Agree to complete a battery of self-report baseline and post-test surveys online (1-month and 3-months post baseline).
- If being treated with psychoactive medications, have maintained a stable regimen for at least two months prior to enrollment.
- Can commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing).
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weill Cornell Medicine, Starr Facility Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New York | United States | Unknown status |
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