Copeptin During a Standardized Psychological Stress Test (PsyCo)

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01866137

PsyCo

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

20 participants in 1 patient group

no treatment

Description:

no treatment