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Human Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation

NCT04265053

Non-randomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelBasic science

Summary

To determine cerebrovascular control mechanisms in humans and provide mechanistic knowledge to offer new sex-specific therapeutic options for cerebrovascular diseases. The current objective is to determine how sex and sex hormones influence CBF control in healthy young adults without confounds of age or disease. The central hypothesis is men exhibit reduced cerebral vasodilator function due in part to differences in COX signaling compared to women. Comprehensive CBF data from multi-modal MRI indicate the magnitude of sex differences-as well as the vasodilator mechanisms-are regionally distinct. Research confounding variables like aging and disease will be mitigated by comparing younger adults (18-40 years old).

Timeline

Start
2021-04-12
Primary completion
2025-03-31
Completion
2025-05-31

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Indomethacin Small molecule 25 mg
Subject Indomethacin Small molecule 50 mg