# Compassion Meditation vs. Health Education for Veterans

> **NCT04651296** · PHASE2 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **VA Office of Research and Development** · enrollment: 142 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Chronic Pain
- Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic
- Depression

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** compassion meditation
- **BEHAVIORAL:** health education

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04651296
- **Lead sponsor:** VA Office of Research and Development
- **Sponsor class:** FED
- **Phase:** PHASE2
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2022-01-04
- **Primary completion:** 2025-08-21
- **Final completion:** 2026-02-04
- **Target enrollment:** 142 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-30


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04651296

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04651296, "Compassion Meditation vs. Health Education for Veterans". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04651296. Licensed CC0.

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