"The Effect of Humor and Laughter on C Reactive Protein: A Pilot Study"

The study is to see if watching humor and laughing can affect CRP levels in healthy individuals. This is a randomized controlled trial.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: humor

Detailed Description

Subjects will be…males and females: students, employees, and members of the community.

5. "Subjects will be between ___18_ and ___99_ years of age."

6. "In total, subject participation will last approximately ___1 day for 90 minutes_

7. "Subjects will be recruited _by word of mouth at the Loma Linda University Campus and surrounding communities___."

8. "Consent will take place _by investigators in Nichol Hall Room A620/A640___."

9. If Multi-center:

10. If Single center or investigator-initiated:

"_60__ subjects will participate in the study."

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 48
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • Loma Linda, California, United States, 92350
      • Nichol Hall Room A640

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 95 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages 18-99 yrs , healthy individuals

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under 18 years old, or over 99 years old, non healthy individuals

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: humor; humor group will watch humor video for 20 minutes	Behavioral: humor
No Intervention: control non humor; control group did not watch humor, they sat quietly for 20 minutes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
CRP level	change in CRP levels over 3 time frames (baseine, immediately after intervention, and 30 minutes later)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Loma Linda University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: gurinder bains, MD PhD, Loma Linda University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 1, 2016
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 13, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): April 14, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 17, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 15, 2017
• Last Verified: March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: humor laughter C reactive protein
• Other Study ID Numbers: 5150100

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No