Inflammatory Challenge and Fear

Description

The goal of this study is to learn if short-term changes in the immune system alter how we process information and experience fear. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do people who receive typhoid vaccine respond differently than those who receive a placebo saline vaccine? Do people who receive typhoid vaccine experience changes in how they think and feel? Participants will: Attend four appointments at the San Francisco VA Health Care System; Receive typhoid vaccine or placebo at one of the visits; Have their physiological responding measured while listening to sounds; Complete questionnaires and psychological tests.

Conditions

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this study is to learn if short-term changes in the immune system alter how we process information and experience fear. The main questions it aims to answer are: Do people who receive typhoid vaccine respond differently than those who receive a placebo saline vaccine? Do people who receive typhoid vaccine experience changes in how they think and feel? Participants will: Attend four appointments at the San Francisco VA Health Care System; Receive typhoid vaccine or placebo at one of the visits; Have their physiological responding measured while listening to sounds; Complete questionnaires and psychological tests.

Inflammatory Challenge and Fear Extinction: A Model to Enhance Understanding of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Inflammatory Challenge and Fear

Condition
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

San Francisco

San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California, United States, 94121

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Aged 25-45 years old
  • 2. Trauma Exposed
  • 3. Current PTSD/No history of PTSD
  • 1. Contraindications to typhoid vaccine
  • 2. Conditions associated with inflammation
  • 3. Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant in next three months
  • 4. Lack of skin conductance response to breathing and arithmetic tasks at screening visit

Ages Eligible for Study

25 Years to 45 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Francisco,

Aoife O'Donovan, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Francisco

Study Record Dates

2028-11