Search / Trial NCT00001415

Glucocorticoid Effects on Cellular Cytokine Release

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) · Dec 9, 2002

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Trial Information

Current as of July 27, 2024

Completed

Keywords

Il 1 Il 6 Immune Response Inflammation Steroids Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Depression Fibromyalgia Normal Volunteer

Description

Many of the biochemical alterations observed in people suffering from major depression are changes in the concentrations and activity of components of the generalized stress response. These include the principal hypothalamic stimulus of pituitary-adrenal activation (corticotropin releasing hormone) and the locus ceruleus/norepinephrine system. The current study attempts to provide a clearer picture of the stability of changes during the acute illness, the treatment phase and the recovery process. We particularly wish to determine whether abnormalities in HPA axis perturbability in the well-...

Gender

All

Eligibility criteria

  • Healthy volunteers.
  • Depressed patients.
  • Fibromyalgia patients.
  • Chronic fatigue patients.
  • Subjects must not have been treated with steroids for more than two weeks during the previous year.
  • Subjects must not be on chronic medications.
  • Subjects must not have known medical problems or any condition which interferes with their immune system's ability to respond to infections (talk with your physician if you are not sure about a particular situation).

Attachments

readout_NCT00001415_2024-07-27.pdf

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NCT00001415_study_protocol.pdf

4.5 MB

About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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