Stressor-evoked Brain and Cardiovascular Responses to Acute Psychological Stress

June 7, 2022 updated by: Annie Ginty, Baylor University
The present study will examine the relationship between metabolically excessive cardiovascular and neural responses to acute psychological stress using a cross-sectional approach.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

All participants in this study will undergo an acute psychological stress paradigm, there will be no randomization or assignment since all participants will complete the same tasks. Sample size was calculated based off of recent papers examining multivariate pattern brain responses predicting cardiovascular responses to stress.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

170

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Waco, Texas, United States, 76799
        • Baylor University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 30 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

18-30 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

Chronic medical or neurological condition Pregnant Current illness or infection Any condition that would prohibit engaging in physical exercise Any metal implants in body Claustrophobia

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Acute psychological stress
Participants will undergo an acute psychological stress task that has been shown to elicit neural, cardiovascular, and psychological (feelings of stressfulness) responses.
Other: Acute psychological stress
Participants will undergo an acute psychological stress task that has been shown to elicit neural, cardiovascular, and psychological (feelings of stressfulness) responses.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Oxygen consumption
Time Frame: 20 minutes
20 minutes
Heart rate (bpm) measured by electrocardiogram
Time Frame: 20 minutes
20 minutes
Neural activity measured by fMRI
Time Frame: 20 minutes
20 minutes
Additional heart rate
Time Frame: 20 minutes
20 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Baylor University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

March 2, 2020

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 5, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

June 10, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 10, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 7, 2022

Last Verified

June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1437575

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

There is no plan to share IPD with other rsearchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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