Clinical trials: Stress Disorders, Traumatic
Workplace Stress, Mental Health
The Effects of Stress & Irregular Shift Hours on First Responders
First Responders are expected to maintain high-performance levels under extreme conditions. However, constant intense workplace stress, physical work demands, and irregular shift hours are taking a severe toll on frontline…
- Conditions
- Workplace Stress, Mental Health, HRV, EEG
- Trial name
- NCT05659277
- Testing
- Workplace Stress and Irregular shift hours
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Endominance
Hyperthermia
Impact of Neck Cooling Collar on Exercise Performance in the Heat
During exercise in the heat, the thermoregulatory system impacts performance in an athletic population. Increased in core body temperature could lead to development of heat-related illnesses and impair physical performance.
- Trial name
- NCT05135117
- Testing
- NeuroRescue Cooling Collar, Ice Towel
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Connecticut
Lactation
The Impact of Acute Exercise in the Heat on Breast Milk Production and Composition in Lactating Women
This clinical trial aims to determine whether heat stress alters 24-hour breast milk production and composition following an acute bout of exercise in the heat among lactating women. The main questions are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT07036640
- Testing
- Heat exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence College
Heat Stress, Diet Induced Thermogenesis
Carbohydrate or Protein Drinks Before Exercise in the Heat
This project examines whether consuming a high-protein or high-carbohydrate beverage before exercise in the heat impacts metabolism and heat balance during exercise, with the following research questions: 1.
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Diet Induced Thermogenesis, Protein Consumption
- Trial name
- NCT07646990
- Testing
- Protein shake, Carbohydrate shake
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Providence College
Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Increasing Treatment Access in Trauma Exposed Children: Developing an Adapted Step One Intervention (Pilot)
One of the most common and widely disseminated trauma treatments is Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). TF-CBT is a therapist-led, structured and sequential intervention, with treatment organized around…
- Trial name
- NCT07396935
- Testing
- Personalized Stepped Care Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children after Trauma (pSC-CBT-CT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Fear Anxiety, PTSD
Neuroimaging Memories of Fear and Safety in the Human Brain
The purpose of this research is to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate how the brain forms associations between neutral and negative stimuli.
- Trial name
- NCT04975009
- Testing
- Fear conditioning
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Stress Disorder
Evaluating an Expressive Writing Intervention About Communicatively-Restricted Organizational Stressors
This project evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention sought to reduce the physical effects of stress related to those issues that individuals cannot successfully communicate with anyone about.
- Trial name
- NCT01328665
- Testing
- Expressive Writing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Santa Clara University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Implementation of a Post-traumatic Stress Disorder PREvention Program Within the French ARmy
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event perceived as a life threatening - either experiencing it or witnessing it.
- Trial name
- PREPAR (NCT05094531)
- Testing
- Primary prevention programm
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Efficacy Study of Mindfulness-Based Exercise for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This study will explore the relationship between changes in plasma cortisol and symptom reduction resulting from individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) participating in an 8-week program of mindfulness-based…
- Trial name
- NCT01462045
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Heat Stress, Pregnancy
Indigenous Nutritional Supplements for Pregnancy to Improve Resilience in Environmental Heat
The purpose of this study is to learn whether a simple, traditional, and balanced meal made from local foods, eaten once a day during pregnancy, can help women in rural Pakistan stay healthier in hot weather and give birth to…
- Conditions
- Heat Stress, Pregnancy, Women of Reproductive Age, Nutrition Status
- Trial name
- INSPIRE (NCT07489664)
- Testing
- Indigenous Balanced Diet Arm
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 292 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Mental Health, Depression
Designing a Mobile App to Support Academic Success for Student Veterans
Compared to civilian students in higher education, student Veterans have high rates of mental health disorders (e.g., Depression: 24% vs 12.1%).
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety
- Trial name
- NCT05344092
- Testing
- VetEd Mobile Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Depressive Disorder, Major
The Effect of Traumatic Childbirth on the Incidence of PTSD and Other Major Postpartum Psychopathology
Determination of incidence and prevalence of PTSD and other types of psychopathology (such as anxiety and affective disorders) after traumatic birth experiences and elucidation of salient risk factors in the local population…
- Trial name
- NCT02370576
- Testing
- rating scale application
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Insomnia
RESILIENT - An Online Multidimensional Treatment to Promote Resilience After a Disaster: Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
Background. The wildfires on May 1, 2016 in Fort McMurray, Alberta (Canada), destroyed approximately 2,400 homes and buildings and led to massive displacement of approximately 88,000 people.
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Insomnia, Depression
- Trial name
- RESILIENT (NCT04808713)
- Testing
- Treatment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Laval University
Range of Motion, Articular
Different Therapeutical Modalities Associated to Hamstring Flexibility Training
The purpose of this study is to compare the acute effect of the use of different thermal modalities associated to the training of passive flexibility of the hamstring muscles in the amplitude of motion of the knee extension.
- Trial name
- NCT03021850
- Testing
- Flexibility training with or without different thermal modalities
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
Body Temperature Changes, Heat Exposure
Preparing for Heat Waves - Enhancing Human Thermophysiological Resilience
As the ongoing progression of climate change exposes individuals to elevated temperatures and an escalating frequency of extreme heat events, the risk of more intense and prolonged heat waves raises significant concerns for…
- Conditions
- Body Temperature Changes, Heat Exposure, Heat Stress, Hyperthermia
- Trial name
- Prep4heat (NCT06389604)
- Testing
- Heat acclimation
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Aging, Heat Stress
Impact of Extreme Heat on Myocardial Blood Flow and Flow Reserve in Young and Older Adults
Extreme heat causes a disproportionate number of hospitalizations and deaths in older adults relative to any other age group. Importantly, many hospitalizations and deaths are primarily due to cardiovascular events such as…
- Conditions
- Aging, Heat Stress, Hyperthermia, Heat Strain
- Trial name
- NCT06842784
- Testing
- Ambient heat stress
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Alcohol Use Disorder, Depression
Project VALOR: Veteran Stress and Wellbeing
This study will examine the efficacy of an internet-based brief intervention designed to reduce risky behavior veterans as the move into their second year post-Army.
- Trial name
- NCT06095817
- Testing
- Internet Delivered Brief Intervention (IDBI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
An Advanced Digital Phenotype System Among People Suffering From Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Psychiatric diagnosis is based mainly on questioning the patient and subjective impression rather than a quantitative assessment.
- Trial name
- NCT03788278
- Testing
- BioBeat
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nadav Goldental
Depression, Anxiety
Efficacy of a Multi-level School Intervention for LGBTQ Youth
Efficacy of a Multi-level School Intervention for LGBTQ Youth
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Coping Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05541406
- Testing
- Proud & Empowered, Control Group
- Where
- 23 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Acute Traumatic Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders
Evaluation of Stress Disorders
The purpose of this study is to examine the short-term consequences of trauma and to determine the effectiveness of the drug sertraline in preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and acute stress disorder…
- Trial name
- NCT00050804
- Testing
- sertraline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)