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NCT06986135
The Effect of Breathing on Cognitive Performance and Stress
NA trial testing Box Breathing in Stress in 66 participants. Completed in 1 May 2025.
1 May 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Texas State University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | crossover |
| Masking | single |
| Primary purpose | other |
| Enrollment | 66 |
| Start date | 1 August 2024 |
| Primary completion | 1 May 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 1 May 2025 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Box Breathing
- Prolonged Exhalation
- Normal Breathing
Conditions studied
- Stress — all drugs for Stress →
- Acute Stress Reaction — all drugs for Acute Stress Reaction →
- Breathing Techniques — all drugs for Breathing Techniques →
- Cognitive Performance — all drugs for Cognitive Performance →
Sponsor
Texas State University
Who can join
Adults 18 to 39, any sex, with Stress or Acute Stress Reaction. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of different breathing techniques on biomarkers of stress and cognitive performance following the Trier Social Stress Test.
Publications & conference data
No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06986135 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas State University
- Last refreshed: 22 May 2025
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