Nitrate Supplementation During Final Examination Stress

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the present study is to explore the effects of a dietary nitrate supplement on immunity, mood, cardiovascular activity, and lung function during and following final exam stress in both healthy and asthmatic individuals.

Clinical Trial Description

Past research has demonstrated significant changes in immune response and airway inflammation during times of stress. Specifically, significant decreases in the fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in both healthy and asthmatic undergraduate students have been found during times of final exam stress. Additionally, research suggests that dietary supplementation of nitric oxide may have beneficial cardiovascular effects which may offset the physiological consequences of stress.

This research study explores the effects of a dietary supplement on immunity, mood, cardiovascular and respiratory function during and following final exam stress. In this study, investigators monitor changes in respiratory infection incidence, airway nitric oxide, mood, blood pressure, and lung function in students with and without asthma during the time of final exams and a comparable time of low stress during the term. There are three assessments in the laboratory, as well as two additional brief questionnaires on separate days. During the final exam period, half of the participants are randomly assigned to the experimental group which is provided with a dietary supplement (beetroot juice drink) of which they are asked to take one dose every day in the morning for seven days. The three assessments periods include two during the week of final exams and one during a period of low stress scheduled up to two weeks to two months before that time. For the final exam period, the first of the two sessions takes place on the day before the second of these exams, and the second assessment takes place on a subsequent day after second exam. A follow-up assessment of cold symptoms takes place online 7 days after the final exam period. ;

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Airway Disease

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03159273
Study type	Interventional
Source	Southern Methodist University
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	January 2014
Completion date	May 2015

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