NCT06345573Completed
Heart-brain-axis and Psychosocial Stress
Sex Differences in Heart-brain Crosstalk - Role of Psychosocial Stress
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The main study objective is to prospectively determine the influence of sex-related risk factors and psychosocial variables on neuronal stress responses and myocardial perfusion in a population of 64 female and male individuals 50-75 years of age and free of cardiovascular disease.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 64 (actual)
- First submitted
- 5 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 11 Oct 2021
- Primary completion date
- 20 Nov 2023
- Lead sponsor
- University of Zurich
- NCT number
- NCT06345573
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 64
- From 11 Oct 2021 to the primary completion date, 20 Nov 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Use of steroids interfering with biomarker levels
Other illness
- History of arterial hypertension
- History of diabetes
- History of cardiovascular disease
- History of neurological disorders
- History of cancer (unless considered in remission since at least 5 years and not having necessitated a systemic chemotherapy and/or a brain radiotherapy)
Other
- Written informed consent was not provided
Who the study is looking for
- Women and men that are between 50-75 years of age
- Post-menopausal status in women
- Normal body weight (BMI\<30kg/m2)
- Non-smoker or not smoking since ≥ 5 years or occasional smokers.
Age in the registry: 50 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Hospital Zurich Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zurich | Switzerland | Unknown status |
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