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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02472379
Other study ID # GEN
Secondary ID F31AG048668UL1TR
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received June 10, 2015
Last updated May 1, 2017
Start date October 2015
Est. completion date March 2017

Study information

Verified date May 2017
Source University of California, Los Angeles
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

UCLA researchers looking for healthy females (age 60+) to participate in a study investigating how writing about your experiences may be related to your health.

Once a week for 6 weeks, participants will write about their experiences and fill out online questionnaires. Participants will also come to the UCLA campus for blood draws and to fill out questionnaires 3 times: once prior to the 6-week writing period, once immediately after the 6-week period, and once 2-months after the writing period.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 78
Est. completion date March 2017
Est. primary completion date January 2017
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender Female
Age group 60 Years to 100 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Healthy adults 60 years and older

Exclusion Criteria:

- Following a structured telephone interview, participants with the following conditions will not be able to participate:

1. current smokers

2. active, uncontrolled medical disorders

3. chronic infection (e.g., Hepatitis C, HIV)

4. use of certain medications (e.g., hypnotic and psychotropic medication, steroid use, opioid use)

5. psychiatric disorders (e.g., current major depression, bipolar disorder)

6. body mass index (BMI) greater than 35

Other exclusion criteria may apply.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Writing: Group 1
Writing about experiences with familiar individuals in their lives, once a week for 6 weeks.
Other:
Writing: Group 2
Writing about experiences with familiar places, once a week for 6 weeks.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States UCLA Clinical & Translational Research Center (CTRC) Los Angeles California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of California, Los Angeles National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Inflammatory activity Changes in proinflammatory cytokine and proinflammatory gene expression from blood draws baseline, post 6-week writing period, 2-months post-writing period
Primary Health and well-being (self-report) Changes in self-report measures of health (e.g., pain, sleep) and well-being (e.g., social support, depression) baseline, post 6-week writing period, 2-months post-writing period
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