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Completed No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers

Stress-induced Drinking in Emerging Adults: the Role of Trauma History

NCT01363180
Conditions
Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), No stress condition
Behavioral · Other
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
21 Years to 30 Years
Enrollment
197 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2011 – 2016
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Conditions
Depression in Adolescence
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of California, Los Angeles
Other
Eligibility
14 Years to 21 Years
Enrollment
160 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2023 – 2028
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Los Angeles, California
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Mitochondrial Stress, Brain Imaging, and Epigenetics

NCT04831424
Conditions
Mitochondrial Diseases
Interventions
Trier social stress test
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Columbia University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 60 Years
Enrollment
110 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2018 – 2024
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
New York, New York
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Affect-based Impulsivity in Borderline Personality Disorder

NCT06880640
Conditions
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Healthy Controls Group - Age and Sex-matched
Interventions
Stress Induction
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 45 Years
Enrollment
76 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Not yet recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS) and Stress Regulation During Performance Tasks

NCT07470229
Conditions
Stress Response
Interventions
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (tVNS), Evaluative Stress Task
Device · Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of Florida
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
200 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Gainesville, Florida
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Emotion-Diet Interactions in Pregnancy

NCT04430439
Conditions
Pregnancy Related, Stress, Psychological, Glucose Intolerance During Pregnancy, Emotional Stress, Postprandial Hyperglycemia, Insulin Sensitivity/Resistance
Interventions
Psychosocial stress, Control non-stress
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of California, Irvine
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 40 Years · Female only
Enrollment
113 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2021 – 2024
U.S. locations
2
States / cities
Irvine, California • Orange, California
Active, not recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Investigating the Effects of Social Stress on Brain Imaging

NCT05591404
Conditions
Social Stress
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 55 Years
Enrollment
50 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Conditions
Adverse Childhood Experience, Endothelial Function (FMD), Endothelial Injury, Mitochondrial Function, Oxidative Stress, Psychosocial Influence on Cardiovascular Disease
Interventions
Mitoquinone mesylate (MitoQ), Placebo
Dietary Supplement
Lead sponsor
University of Iowa
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 29 Years
Enrollment
300 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Iowa City, Iowa
Completed No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers

Stress and Coping in Caregivers of Younger Patients With Cancer

NCT02725385
Conditions
Anxiety, Depression
Interventions
Laboratory Biomarker Analysis, Physiologic Testing, Questionnaire Administration
Other
Lead sponsor
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Other
Eligibility
18 Years and older
Enrollment
163 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2014 – 2016
U.S. locations
2
States / cities
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Conditions
Psychological Stress, Social Interaction
Interventions
Stress, Social Context
Other
Lead sponsor
University of Washington
Other
Eligibility
21 Years to 50 Years
Enrollment
160 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2026 – 2027
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Seattle, Washington
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Maternal Emotions and Diet in Pregnancy

NCT03278392
Conditions
Pregnancy Related, Stress, Psychological, Glucose Intolerance During Pregnancy
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test, Placebo Non-stress task
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of California, Irvine
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 40 Years · Female only
Enrollment
38 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2017 – 2021
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Orange, California
Completed Not applicable Interventional Results available

Stress and Marijuana Cue-elicited Craving and Reactivity

NCT00613405
Conditions
Cannabis Use Disorders
Interventions
Stress + cue exposure, No stress + cue exposure
Other
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
87 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2008 – 2009
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Examining Cortisol and Alpha Amylase in a Healthy Sample of Youth and Adults

NCT02490280
Conditions
Anxiety
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Other
Eligibility
11 Years to 34 Years
Enrollment
50 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2013 – 2015
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Baltimore, Maryland
Conditions
Migraine Headache
Interventions
Stress, Fasting
Behavioral · Other
Lead sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
90 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2017 – 2020
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Boston, Massachusetts
Recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Adverse Adolescent Pathways to Substance Use

NCT06977178
Conditions
Anxiety, Adolescent Development, Substance Use
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Other
Eligibility
12 Years to 14 Years
Enrollment
180 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2030
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Conditions
Adolescent Development, Stress, Emotional Disturbances
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Test, Emotional go/no-go task
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Other
Eligibility
11 Years to 14 Years · Female only
Enrollment
53 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2018 – 2020
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Completed No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers Results available

Translational Research Center in Lung Cancer Disparities (TRACER) Project 2

NCT05490251
Conditions
Smoking, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Cessation, Stress Reaction
Interventions
Not listed
Lead sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 75 Years · Male only
Enrollment
92 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2024 – 2025
U.S. locations
2
States / cities
Los Angeles, California • Charleston, South Carolina
Recruiting Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Stress Trajectories and Anhedonia in Adolescence Research Study

NCT07040449
Conditions
Anhedonia, Stress Response, Adolescent Development
Interventions
Montreal Imaging Stress Task, Trier Social Stress Test for Children
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Other
Eligibility
13 Years to 15 Years
Enrollment
192 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2030
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Completed Not applicable Interventional Results available

Stress and CKD Among African Americans

NCT03387319
Conditions
Chronic Kidney Disease
Interventions
Racialized Stressful Event Recall, Non-Racialized Stressful Event Recall
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Emory University
Other
Eligibility
25 Years to 65 Years
Enrollment
50 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2018 – 2019
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Atlanta, Georgia
Completed Not applicable Interventional Results available

Stress-Reactivity and Cannabis Use in Cannabis-Using Older Adults

NCT05072795
Conditions
Cannabis Use
Interventions
Trier Social Stress Task (TSST)
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Medical University of South Carolina
Other
Eligibility
50 Years to 80 Years
Enrollment
47 participants
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted
Timeline
2021 – 2023
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Charleston, South Carolina
Active, not recruiting No phase listed Observational Accepts healthy volunteers

Measuring Automated Behavioral Observations & Vocal Expressions (ABOVE)

NCT03459456
Conditions
OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Interventions
Provocation OC task (Provoc), Trier Social Stress Test (TSST), Exposure provocation task
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
Baylor College of Medicine
Other
Eligibility
21 Years to 70 Years
Enrollment
27 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2018 – 2027
U.S. locations
3
States / cities
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Providence, Rhode Island • Houston, Texas
Completed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Stress Reactivity Study in Adolescents

NCT03997149
Conditions
Stress, Eating Behavior
Interventions
Acute Laboratory Stressor, Low affect video
Behavioral
Lead sponsor
University of Michigan
Other
Eligibility
14 Years to 19 Years
Enrollment
60 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2013 – 2017
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Conditions
Stress, Mental Stress
Interventions
Melatonin 3 MG Oral Tablet, Placebo Oral Tablet
Dietary Supplement
Lead sponsor
Baylor University
Other
Eligibility
18 Years to 70 Years
Enrollment
16 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2025 – 2026
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Waco, Texas
Not listed Not applicable Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Mental Stress & Diesel Exhaust on Cardiovascular Health

NCT03467997
Conditions
Blood Pressure, Inflammation, Catecholamines
Interventions
Trier social stress test, Diesel exhaust
Behavioral · Other
Lead sponsor
University of Washington
Other
Eligibility
22 Years to 49 Years
Enrollment
22 participants
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers
Timeline
2018 – 2020
U.S. locations
1
States / cities
Seattle, Washington