Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT04174651
Stress-induced Scratching in Healthy and AD
The Cerebral Mechanism of Stress-Induced Spontaneous Scratching in Healthy Volunteers and Patients With Atopic Dermatitis (AD)
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 8 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Miami · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 59 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to examine scratching behavior and identify brain areas responsible for stress-induced spontaneous scratching in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) | Participants randomized to receive the acute stress condition will undergo the TSST wherein the participant will be introduced to an upcoming task (i.e., job interview) and allowed to prepare (2 minutes). The participant will then be required to speak (job interview) for 4 minutes in front of 2 experimenters. After completion of the interview, participants will be asked to perform a mental arithmetic task for 4 minutes. |
| BEHAVIORAL | Landscape Video | Participants randomized to receive the control condition will be watching a landscape video for 10 minutes. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-01-27
- Primary completion
- 2021-04-28
- Completion
- 2022-07-19
- First posted
- 2019-11-22
- Last updated
- 2022-08-10
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT04174651. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.