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NCT Number: NCT06438159

Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Meditation Practice on Patients After Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Cardiac rehabilitation is a major component of treatment for patients suffering from coronary pathology revealed by myocardial infarction or acute coronary syndrome warranting transluminal coronary angioplasty, as well as in the aftermath of cardiac surgery.

A significant proportion of patients in this situation (40%) suffer from varying degrees of anxiety and depression, which are difficult to treat. These impair their quality of life and can make it more difficult for them to take part in the rehabilitation program, compromising the results that can be expected. Finally, they are often associated with lax compliance with medical treatment, less control of risk factors and less regular exercise.

Cardiac rehabilitation teams are well aware of this anxiety-depressive picture, and various therapies such as sophrology, relaxation and yoga have been proposed as alternatives to conventional medical treatments to help patients through this period.

Among these alternatives is the concept of "Mindfulness-Based Meditation", based on the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) protocol described by Dr. JKabat Zinn.

It has been the subject of several prospective randomized studies, which have demonstrated that it is suitable for the management of patients in this situation, and that it has measurable beneficial effects on their sense of well-being.

To our knowledge, the MBSR program used in cardiac rehabilitation has never been the subject of a randomized comparative study in France to assess its effectiveness on medium- and long-term anxiety-depressive disorders. This is the objective of this study.

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Key information

Conditions

Cardiac Disease Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Clinique d'Aressy

Aressy, 64320, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Cardiac patients eligible for cardiac rehabilitation,
  • Patient with a Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) score for the anxiety dimension (HADS-A) >7 or a score for the depression dimension (HADS-D) > 7
  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Affiliated with a social security scheme or beneficiary of such a scheme
  • Patient signed free and informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients already treated for severe psychiatric disorders (major depression, psychosis, schizophrenia)
  • Inability to follow the 8-week MBSR program
  • Protected patient: minor, adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
  • Medical conditions which may interfere with the conduct of the study and the investigator's judgment, and which may render the patient unfit to participate in the study.
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding patient
  • Refusal to participate in the study or inability to comply with the study protocol for any reason whatsoever

Treatment and study plan

Cardiac rehabilitation with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

Other

The MBSR program is as follows:

  • 8 weekly group sessions of 2h30 led by the mindfulness instructor,
  • Sessions of around 45 minutes a day to be carried out by the patient, at home, for personal training,
  • An intensive day between the 6th and 7th sessions to explore certain practices more intensively, in order to support participants in effectively integrating mindfulness meditation into various life situations.

Conventional cardiac rehabilitation

Other

The usual cardiac rehabilitation program combines exercise training and therapeutic education workshops, with a daily session for four weeks.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline of HADS anxiety and depression scores

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 months

    HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) is a self questionnaire including 14 items which identifies and quantifies the depression and anxiety from which a person suffers.

Secondary outcomes

  1. To assess the quality of life

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    The patients' quality of life will be measured by the MQOL-R questionnaire, which is a 14-point tool forming 4 subscales: physical, psychological, existential and social.

  2. Medical treatment compliance

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    The patients' compliance to their medical treatment will be measured by the GIRERD self-questionnaire including 6 questions, to assess compliance, i.e. whether treatment is taken regularly and as prescribed.

  3. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "fasting blood glucose"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    fasting blood glucose (in g/L)

  4. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "glycosylated hemoglobin"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    glycosylated hemoglobin (% of total hemoglobin)

  5. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "Lipid profile LDLc"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (g/l)

    • Tobacco consumption (in packs.year)
    • BMI
    • Ricci Gagnon scale and 6-minute walk test

  6. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "Lipid profile HDLc"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (g/l)

  7. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "BMI"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    BMI ( weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m2)

  8. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "effort"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    6-minute walk test

  9. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "activity"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    Ricci Gagnon scale: self questionnaire including 9 questions to evaluate if the subject has an inactive, active or very active profile

  10. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "Tobacco consumption"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    Tobacco consumption (in packs.year)

  11. Changes from baseline of cardiac risk factor "Blood pressure measurement"

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 month, 6 months and 12 months

    Blood pressure

  12. To assess the patient's anxiety

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 months and 6 months

    HADS anxiety score

  13. To assess the patient's depression

    Time frame: Baseline, 1 months and 6 months

    HADS depression score

  14. To evaluate the continuation of formal and informal mindfulness meditation practices in patients who have benefited from the MBSR program.

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

    Patients of the MBSR group will be asked two questions :

    "Do you still do formal meditation practices?" "Do you still do informal meditation practices?"

  15. To evaluate the patient's "mindfulness" and its impact on vital aspects in patients who have benefited from the MBSR program.

    Time frame: 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

    FFMQ (Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire) questionnaire, which includes 39 questions, which assess the 5 facets which constitute mindfulness as a construct:

    • Describe the experience: talk about the experience in words.
    • Acting mindfully: performing actions with active attention to each step.
    • Non-judgment: absence of positive or negative comments on the thoughts and emotions experienced.
    • Non-reactivity to private events: allowing thoughts and emotions to exist without responding to them automatically.
    • Observation: remaining aware and focused on the experience, even when it is aversive or painful.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Elsan

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Meditation Practice on Medium- and Long-term Follow-up of Cardiac Patients After Cardiac Rehabilitation.

Acronym: CARDIO-MBSR

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 31, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 17, 2026

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