Copeptin as a Stress Marker During a Written Examination

N/ACompletedNCT02051647

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland42 enrolled

Overview

To investigate whether copeptin levels increase upon a psychological stress (i.e. written examination) and whether copeptin levels measured immediately before the written examination predict success of the examination.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 35 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age over 18 years * Member of 4th year in medical course at Basel University Exclusion Criteria: * Intake of any medication (except birth control pill) * BMI over 30kg/m2 * Evidence of acute disease * History of chronic illness, including chronic psychiatric disease * Anamnestic certain or assumed pregnancy * Regularly smoking students

Locations (1)

University Hopsital Basel

Basel, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in copeptin levels upon examination stress comparing copeptin levels prior and after examination

Time frame: 4 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Correlation between copeptin levels prior to an exam and exam success

Time frame: 4 hours

Correlation to cortisol as the classical stress marker

Time frame: 4 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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