Effects of Arousal and Stress in Anxiety
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00026559 |
Recruitment Status
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Recruiting
First Posted
: November 12, 2001
Last Update Posted
: April 4, 2018
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First Submitted Date | November 10, 2001 | ||||
First Posted Date | November 12, 2001 | ||||
Last Update Posted Date | April 4, 2018 | ||||
Study Start Date | June 27, 2001 | ||||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | ||||
Current Primary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Original Primary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Change History | Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00026559 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site | ||||
Current Secondary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Original Secondary Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Current Other Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Original Other Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
Descriptive Information | |||||
Brief Title | Effects of Arousal and Stress in Anxiety | ||||
Official Title | Effects of Arousal and Stress on Classical Conditioning | ||||
Brief Summary | This study has several parts. One part will examine the influence of factors such as personality and past experience on reactions to unpleasant stimuli. Others will examine the effect of personality and emotional and attentional states on learning and memory. When confronted with fearful or unpleasant events, people can develop fear of specific cues that were associated with these events as well as to the environmental context in which the events occurred via a process called classical conditioning. Classical conditioning has been used to model anxiety disorders, but the relationship between stress and anxiety and conditioned responses remains unclear. This study will examine the relationship between cued conditioning and context conditioning . This study will also explore the acquisition and retention of different types of motor, emotional, and cognitive associative processes during various tasks that range from mildly arousing to stressful. |
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Detailed Description | Objective: Fear and anxiety are adaptive responses to different types of threats. Fear is a short-duration response evoked by explicit threat cues. Fear can best be studied using Pavlovian fear conditioning. Studies 1 and 2 examine learning processes underlying fear conditioning as well as the influence of cognitive and affective processes on these learning processes. Anxiety is a more sustained state of apprehension evoked by unpredictable threat. Study 2 examines the interactions between anxiety induced experimentally and cognitive processes. Specifically, we seek to 1) characterize the effect of anxiety on key cognitive processes including working memory, attention control, conflict, and learning and memory. 2) examine the extent to which performance of cognitive tasks distract from anxiety, and 3) how physical exertion influences anxiety and its effects on cognition. Study 3 examines the effects of memory retrieval on extinction. Study population: This more-than-minimal-risk protocol will test medically and psychiatrically healthy volunteers aged 18-50. Pregnant or nursing women will be excluded. Method: Fear and anxiety will be measured using the startle reflex to brief and loud sounds. Fear conditioning will be assessed using shock as unconditioned stimulus. Cognitive performance will be examined during periods of unpredictable shock anticipation or prior to giving a speech. Outcome measures: The study will include cognitive performance and measure of aversive states, primarily the startle reflex. |
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Study Type | Observational | ||||
Study Design | Not Provided | ||||
Target Follow-Up Duration | Not Provided | ||||
Biospecimen | Not Provided | ||||
Sampling Method | Not Provided | ||||
Study Population | Not Provided | ||||
Condition | Anxiety Disorder | ||||
Intervention | Not Provided | ||||
Study Groups/Cohorts | Not Provided | ||||
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* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline. |
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Recruitment Information | |||||
Recruitment Status | Recruiting | ||||
Estimated Enrollment |
1427 | ||||
Original Enrollment |
570 | ||||
Study Completion Date | Not Provided | ||||
Primary Completion Date | Not Provided | ||||
Eligibility Criteria |
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
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Ages | 18 Years to 50 Years (Adult) | ||||
Accepts Healthy Volunteers | Yes | ||||
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Listed Location Countries | United States | ||||
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NCT Number | NCT00026559 | ||||
Other Study ID Numbers | 010185 01-M-0185 |
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Has Data Monitoring Committee | Not Provided | ||||
U.S. FDA-regulated Product | Not Provided | ||||
IPD Sharing Statement | Not Provided | ||||
Responsible Party | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) ) | ||||
Study Sponsor | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) | ||||
Collaborators | Not Provided | ||||
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PRS Account | National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) | ||||
Verification Date | March 22, 2018 |