Copeptin as a Stress Marker During a Written Examination

Copeptin as a Stress Marker During a Written Examination - the CoEXAM

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02051647

Acronym

CoEXAM

Enrollment

Registered

2014-01-31

Start date

2014-01-31

Completion date

2014-09-30

Last updated

2014-12-04

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Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

medical students, Basel University

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 35 Years

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change in copeptin levels upon examination stress comparing copeptin levels prior and after examination	4 hours

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Correlation between copeptin levels prior to an exam and exam success	4 hours
Correlation to cortisol as the classical stress marker	4 hours

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results