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Age-Related Changes in Stress Hormone Regulation

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00018369
First received: July 3, 2001
Last updated: January 20, 2009
Last verified: December 2004
History of Changes
  Purpose

Studies investigating physiological processes involved in aging-related deficits in regulation of stress hormone systems.


Condition Phase
Physiological Processes
Aging
 Phase 4

Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Mechanism of Aging-Related Changes in (HPA) Hydrocortisone Corticotropin Feedback Function

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Study Start Date: December 2000
Estimated Study Completion Date: April 2004
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   21 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of major psychiatric disorders,
  • Neurologic disorder affecting cognitive function,
  • Unstable medical problems,
  • Medications including antidepressants, neuroleptics, anxiolytics, CNS stimulants, narcotic analgesics, anti-convulsants,
  • Drugs effecting HPA axis function,
  • Vision and hearing deficits,
  • Undergoing major life event within one month or
  • Loss of family member within 6 months.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00018369

Locations
United States, Washington
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98108
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Investigator: Richard Dorin
Investigator: Elaine Peskind
Investigator: Alan Schatzberg
Investigator: Joseph Belanoff
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00018369     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AGCG-009-99F
Study First Received: July 3, 2001
Last Updated: January 20, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
Aging
Hydrocortisone Corticotropin Feedback

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
Cortisol succinate
Hydrocortisone acetate
Hydrocortisone 17-butyrate 21-propionate
Hydrocortisone
Hydrocortisone-17-butyrate
Hormones
 Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Dermatologic Agents

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013