Copeptin During a Standardized Psychological Stress Test

Stress Clinical Trial

— PsyCo  

Official title:

Copeptin During a Standardized Psychological Stress Test

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01866137
• Other study ID #: PsyCo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 13, 2013
• Last updated: September 8, 2014
• Start date: March 2013
• Est. completion date: February 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Switzerland: Swissmedic
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the PsyCo Study is to determine whether psychological Stress has an influence on copeptin levels.

Description:

healthy volunteers undergo the TSST and stress hormones as cortisol and copeptin are measured

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 2014
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

•Aged over 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Intake of any kind of medication (except birth control pill)

• BMI >30 kg/m2

• Evidence of any acute illness

• History of chronic illness

• Baseline glucose level >7 mmol/l Baseline sodium level <135 mmol/l or >145 mmol/l

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress
• Stress, Psychological

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Hospital Basel	Basel	Basel-Stadt

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in copeptin levels after a psychological stress test in healthy volunteers		30min before, at time point 0, +10, +20, +40, +60 after the psychological stress test	No
Secondary	Changes in copeptin levels after a psychological stress test in patients with central diabetes insipidus		Timpepoint 0, +10, +20, +40, +60 after the psychological stress test	No