Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01754532
Correlation Between Clinical Deterioration in Schizophrenic Patients and Hair Cortisol Levels
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 34 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Shalvata Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 50 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The importance of stress as a possible deteriorating factor for schizophrenic patients is well documented. However, this notion is based on subjective experience and retrospective psychological analysis. A novel method of measuring cortisol using hair has a proven correlation to subjective stress in non-clinical as well as psychiatric clinical populations. This pilot study will attempt to assess the use of cortisol hair level, as a marker of stress, to predict clinical deterioration in schizophrenic patients.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BIOLOGICAL | Hair Sample | Analysis of hair cortisol levels |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-06-01
- Completion
- 2016-01-01
- First posted
- 2012-12-21
- Last updated
- 2018-04-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Israel
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01754532. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.