RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06784908

Stress and Pain in People Living With HIV

Stress-immune Mechanisms for People Living With HIV, CUD and Depression


Sponsor

Yale University

Enrollment

120 participants

Start Date

Jan 16, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This is a basic human experimental study utilizing 4 groups of individuals with and without HIV and complex morbidities of cannabis use disorder and major depression who will participate in 2 sessions of the Yale Pain Stress Task (YPST) and follow-up phase to assess drug use and mood symptoms.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 68 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is examining how stress and cannabis use affect pain in people living with HIV. Researchers want to understand whether people with HIV who also use cannabis and have depression experience pain differently, and whether stress plays a role. **You may be eligible if...** - You are HIV-positive with an undetectable viral load and good adherence to HIV treatment - You are in good general health based on a screening exam - You can read English and complete study questionnaires - If you are in the cannabis user group: you have a positive urine test for cannabis and meet criteria for cannabis use disorder and depression - If you are a healthy comparison participant: you are HIV-negative with no major medical or psychiatric conditions **You may NOT be eligible if...** - Your HIV is not well-controlled - You have significant untreated medical or psychiatric conditions - You are unable to complete the study evaluations Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

OTHERYale Pain Stress Task (YPST)

Individuals in the experimental cohort will be scheduled for 2 experimental sessions 1-3 days apart. The YPST stress experiment includes a stress and no-stress session (order randomly assigned, counter-balanced across subjects), and involves multiple (up to 3) unpredictable number of consecutive 3-minute trials of ice-bath (stress) or warm-bath (no stress) forearm immersion (stress) with subjective, physiologic endocrine and immune assessments repeated at specified time points.


Locations(1)

The Yale Stress Center

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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