| Project Name and Description |
Principal Investigator |
Source |
Dates &
Awards |
Status |
| Mind-Body Based Modalities |
MBSR and Early Stage HIV
Three linked studies of the effects of meditation based stress reduction and education in early HIV on physical health and psychological well-being. |
Susan Folkman, PhD; Co-PI: Rick Hecht, MD
Contact:
Patricia Moran
Website: Staying Well |
NIH/
NCCAM |
$5,995,316 7/1/04- 6/30/09 |
Open July 2005 |
P01 I. Clinical Trial of MBSR and Education in Early HIV
This is a 330 person randomized controlled trial of mediation based stress reduction and education in early HIV that will assess the effects on psychological well being and disease course.
See abstract |
Director: Rick Hecht, MD; Co-Director: Donald Abrams, MD
Contact:
Patricia Moran
Website: Staying Well |
NIH/
NCCAM |
See Program Project |
Open July 2005 |
P01 II.
MBSR, Education, and Stress Arousal
This project will perform detailed studies in a subset of participants in the P01 trial of stress-related adaptive and maladaptive cognitive and affective mechanisms through which MBSR and education may influence neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous system activity.
See abstract |
Director: Susan Folkman, PhD; Co-Director: Elissa Epel, PhD
Contact:
Patricia Moran
Website: Staying Well |
NIH/
NCCAM |
See Program Project |
Sub-study of Clnical Trial of MBSR in Early HIV |
P01 III. MBSR, Education, and the Immune System
This project will perform detailed studies in a subset of participants in the P01 trial to determine the effects of MBSR and education on the immune system, including NK cell numbers and function, T cell activation, innate immune responses to HIV, cytokine production and expression of co-receptors for HIV cell entry (CCR5).
See abstract |
Director: Jay Levy, MD; Co-Director: Margaret Kemeny, PhD
Contact:
Patricia Moran
Website: Staying Well |
NIH/
NCCAM |
See Program Project |
Sub-study
of Clnical
Trial of
MBSR in
Early HIV |
R21 Yoga, Meditation and Health: Efficacy of Yoga Based Lifestyle Intervention for Pre-Diabetes
This is a pilot randomized, controlled trial performed as part of
a planning grant to establish an international center for collaborative
research on yoga with SVYASA in Bangalore India. It will test whether yoga is associated with lower fasting glucose and improved glucose tolerance in pre-diabetics. Secondary outcomes include weight loss, blood pressure, and insulin sensitivity.
See abstract |
PI: Rick Hecht, MD; Co PI's: Morris Schambelan, MD; Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAc (SFSU); Nagarathna R., MD, FRCP (SVYASA); Nagendra H.R., ME, PhD (SVYASA); Srikanta S., MD, FEDM (SVYASA) D
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
NIH/
NCCAM |
$256,980 9/22/03 - 3/31/05 |
Closed |
Yoga, Meditation and Health: Yoga and HIV
This is a pilot randomized controlled trial performed as part of a planning grant to establish an international center for collaborative research on yoga with SVYASA in Bangalore India. It will study people with HIV to provide preliminary data about whether yoga is associated with improved mood, decreased stress, and higher CD4 T-cell counts.
See abstract |
Frederick Hecht, MD; Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAc (SFSU); Nagarathna R., MD, FRCP (SVYASA); Nagendra H.R., ME, PhD (SVYASA)
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
NIH/
NCCAM |
07/15/2004 (Linked to grant above) |
Closed |
Yoga Study for Back Pain
This is a randomized, controlled trial of the effects of Iyengar Yoga for patients with chronic idiopathic low back pain focusing on clinical and physiological outcomes and health care utilization.
See abstract |
PI: Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
$52,000 12/01/01-12/31/03 |
Closed |
Efficacy of Yoga for Self-Management of Dyspnea in COPD
This is a randomized, controlled trial of the efficacy of yoga, especially yoga breathing exercises, on COPD outcomes.
See abstract |
PI: Virginia Carrieri-Kohlman, DNSc, RN
Contact:
DorAnne Dyspnea |
NIH/
NCCAM |
$371,625 9/15/02-05/31/04 |
Closed |
K23 Mind-Body Therapies to Prevent Chronic Low Back-Pain
This is a career development award that will develop and validate a brief prediction tool for primary care clinics to assess psycho-social risk factors for acute and chronic low back pain, and will perform an assessment of whether specific mind-body therapies alter these risk factors.
See abstract |
PI:Wolf Mehling, MD |
NIH/
NCCAM
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
7/1/05-6/30/10, $608,466
2/1/07-1/31/09,
$100,000 |
Restricted Enrollment |
Treating Depression with Pranayama: A Feasibility Study in Older Adults
This study will explore whether pranayama, a series of breathing exercises within the yoga tradition of India, can be learned and practiced regularly by older adults who suffer from depression.
See abstract
|
PI:Sudha Prathikanti, MD, Co-PI: Owen Wolkowitz, MD
Contact:
Rheinila Fernandez
415-206-5130
|
NIMH |
$6,500 |
Closed |
Focus Study: R21 A Mindfulness Approach to HIV Treatment Side Effects
This is a randomized controlled trial to provide preliminary evidence of the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention to remediated side effects and side effect - related distress from antiretroviral therapy in HIV treatement.
See abstract |
PI:Mallory Johnson, PhD Co-PI: Rick Hecht, MD
Contact: Eunice Stephens |
NCCAM |
$400,000 |
Open |
Biofeedback for Functional Constipation: Efficacy and Predicitive Factors of Success
This is a pilot study to examine the efficacy of anorectal biofeedback therapy for functional constipation secondary to pelvic floor dyssynergia.
See abstract
|
PI: Madhulika Varma. MD Research Associate: Taryn Patterson
Contact: Taryn Patterson |
REAC |
3/1/05-2/28/06 15,000 |
Open |
 |
| Project Name and Description |
Principal Investigator |
Source |
Dates & Awards |
Status |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine |
Central Processing of Acupuncture Anaglesia in Myofascial Pain: a Brain fMRI Study
This
is a pilot study to determine whether acupuncture activates/decreases
specific areas of the brain cortex with pain inhibitory function,
and evaluate short-term pain reduction using VAS pain rating to mechanical
pressure on the masseter muscle.
See abstract |
Greg Goddard, DDS
Contact:
Greg Goddard |
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
$35,000 |
Closed |
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Epidemiologic Approaches in Breast Cancer
This will explore the feasibility of generating TCM classifications
using a standardized method among women who were newly diagnosed with
breast cancer in the Bay Area.
See abstract |
Marion M. Lee, PhD
Contact:
Marion Lee |
U.S. Army
Medical
Research
and Materiel
Command.
Award #
DAMD17-
00-1-0611 |
$55,000 8/31/03-9/30/04 |
Closed |
Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Sinusitis
This randomized, controlled, single-blinded study will evaluate the effect of adding acupuncture to standard medical treatment on indicators of chronic sinusitis, namely quality of life, as measured by radiographic imaging, physical examination, and self-reported symptoms and disability.
See abstract |
Co-PIs: Andrew N. Goldberg, MD, MSCE; Joseph S. Acquah, OMD, LAc
Contact:
Andrew
Goldberg
|
Dept. Funding |
N/A |
Open |
|
| Project Name and Description |
Principal Investigator |
Source |
Dates & Awards |
Status |
| Massage & Body Based Therapies |
Chemotherapy Regimen and Fatigue: Touch Therapy - CRAFT
This
is a study of the effects of massage on cancer-related fatigue.
See abstract |
Andy Avins, MD, MPH
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
NIH/
NCCAM |
$356,981 3/1/01 - 12/31/03 No cost extension 2004; Supplement 2004-2005 |
Closed |
Randomized Controlled Trial of Breath Therapy for Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain- pilot
This is a pilot randomized, controlled trial of breath therapy (BT)
for patients suffering from chronic low back pain. Primary outcome
measures are back pain
ratings and standardized functional disability questionnaires.
See abstract |
Wolf Mehling, MD
Contact:
Wolf Mehling |
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
$48,748 1/1/03-12/31/03 |
Closed |
Pilot Evaluation of Perioperative Integrative Medicine Service (PIMS)- for cancer surgery patients at Mount Zion Hospital
This is a pilot randomized, controlled trial of a perioperative integrative
medicine service (PIMS) for cancer surgery patients. It will evaluate
clinical symptoms, patient satisfaction, and health care utilization.
See abstract |
Bradly Jacobs, MD, MPH, PI Wolf Mehling, MD, PI |
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
$91,260 3/1/07-
6/30/07 |
Closed |
|
| Project Name and Description |
Principal Investigator |
Source |
Dates & Awards |
Status |
| Herbal Medicines & Dietary Supplements |
RO1 Efficacy of Saw Palmetto Extract in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
A
randomized controlled trial of the use of saw palmetto for the prevention
of prostate disease.
See abstract |
Andy Avins, MD, MPH
Contact:
Andrew Avins |
NIH/NCC,
NIDDK |
$1,736,000 1999-2002 |
Closed |
KO8 Adverse Reactions to Herbs
This is a career development award that will perform secondary data
analyses of Kaiser data to identify potential adverse effects from herb-drug interactions.
See abstract |
Steve Bent , MD
Contact:
Amy Padula |
NIH/
NCCAM |
12/16/02- 11/30/07 $608,250 direct and indirect |
N/A |
|
| Project Name and Description |
Principal Investigator |
Source |
Dates & Awards |
Status |
| Observational Studies |
CHAI Study: Coping, HIV, and Affect Interview Study
This is an observational study of emotions, coping, and health in those newly diagnosed with HIV.
See abstract |
Judith Moskowitz, PhD
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
NIH/
NIMH |
$2,969,069 |
Open |
Positive Affect and Stress Hormones in Newly Diagnosed HIV+ Men Supplement
The study will explore one set of physiological correlates of positive
affect, stress related hormones, which may mediate the associations
with disease progression in people with HIV. |
Judith Moskowitz, PhD; Co-PI: Elissa Epel, PhD
Contact:
Stephanie Maurer |
Mt. Zion
Health Fund |
$31,232 Funding starting July 2004 |
Sub-study of Role of Positive Affect in Adjustment to HIV |
Care Preferences at End of Life
This
is a study of end-of-life patients and their family caregivers regarding
their preferences for care, care actually utilized, and the effects
of patient and caregiver mood on preferences and choices.
See abstract |
Susan Folkman, PhD
Contact:
Patricia Moran |
NIH/
NINR |
$1,383,419 9/1/02-6/30/05 |
Closed |
K08 Depression, Stress & Health: Role of Anabolic Hormones
This is a career development award t o examine whether the balance
between cortisol and
anabolic hormones may be a mediating pathway leading from chronic stress to mental and physical illness. |
Elissa Epel, PhD
Contact:
Elissa Epel |
NIH/
NIMH |
$773,975 9/1/02-8/30/07 |
Closed |
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