Nutrition Interventions to Support the Immune System in Response to Stress

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Mitigation of Immune Function Decrements in Response to Stress

In brief

Physical and psychological stress on military personnel during training and operational missions can suppress immune function. Creating superficial skin wounds via suction blisters can be used to detect changes in immune function. The goals of this research are to: 1) identify changes in immune function (blood measures and healing time of skin wounds) in response to sleep restriction; and, 2) test the influence of a multi-nutrient beverage and healthy bacteria (i.e., probiotics) on immune function (blood measures and healing time of skin wounds) in response to sleep restriction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02053506

Run by

United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

People needed

63

Starts

2014-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Members of the Reserves, National Guard or active duty military personnel

You may not qualify if…

• Under the age of 18 or over the age of 45
• Have a tattoo on both forearms
• Are taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., Advil), aspirin, lipid-lowering drugs or corticosteroids
• Pegnant or lactating
• Imune-compromised (e.g., chemotherapy or radiation treatment)
• Sffering from an autoimmune disease (e.g., lupus)
• Rcovering from a surgery within the past 6 months
• Have an injury that will prevent physical activity
• Have a history of cardiovascular disease
• Are suffering from sleep apnea
• Have a history of psychiatric disorder requiring hospitalization or have taken psychiatric medication (e.g., anti-depressants or anti-anxiety medication) within the past three years for any length of time
• Are suffering from any neurological disorder (e.g., epilepsy or other seizure disorder, narcolepsy or other sleep disorders, or multiple sclerosis)
• Have a BMI ≥ 30.
• Feel uncomfortable handling a weapon, shooting at silhouette targets, ave an injury that will impair firing a rifle
• Have ever been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
• Are unable to distinguish the color "red" from the color "black".

Where it is running

• U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine — Natick, Massachusetts, United States

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