Salivary Immune/Stress Biomarkers Among Children

NCT ID: NCT05021380

Last Updated: 2021-08-25

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-08-01

Study Completion Date

2022-06-30

Brief Summary

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Background: The use of easily accessible biomarkers for assessing young patients' health is important. This study's aim is a measuring stress/immune biomarkers in saliva of healthy school-age children and compare subgroups according to age, sex, stress perception in dental pain related to symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (SIP) and symptomatic apical periodontitis (SAP).

Material and methods: 50 children diagnosed with SIP and SAP aged from 6 to 12 years old will be treated with root canal treatment. Dental examination using DMF score and oral hygiene level will be performedby experienced dentists. Salivary samples will be collected three times: before treatment in day of first dental visit (1), after two weeks (2), and after next two weeks = 30 days (3). Additionally, pain and stress perception will be examined by VAS scale and questionnaires dedicated for children anxiety: Frankl behavior rating scale, Venham's anxiety and behavior rating scale. Salivary immunoglobullins A, G, M, opiorphin, free cortisol and amylase will be measured using commercially available ELISA kits. Results will assess which of the measured salivary biomarkers is related to stress and dental pain, suggesting its use for evaluating in non-invasive way in childhood.

Detailed Description

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Psychological stress impairs homeostasis in many aspects, including immune dysregulation with important variability according to age and sex. Use of easily accessible biomarkers is of importance to assess these changes in fragile subjects, as for example children, especially in a context of exposure to childhood stress experience, when invasive sampling procedures may increase the psychic stress.

Saliva is a promising tool which has been used both for acute and chronic stress Several salivary immune biomarkers are now considered to be sensitive and reliable readouts of mental stress in adult patients, among them free cortisol, alpha-amylase (sAA) and secretory immunoglobulin IgA (sIgA), IgM, IgG and opiorphin (OPI).

These four biomarkers may be measured easily in saliva, but in variable amounts according to age and sex, as well as in response to psychological stress. The main objective of this exploratory study was therefore to compare salivary levels of opiorphin, cortisol, sAA, sIgA, IgM, IgG in two groups of healthy children, 6-12 years old, a developmental age critical to mental disorders and dental interventional treatment, with ELISA tests.

This study's aim is a measuring stress/immune biomarkers in saliva of healthy school-age children and compare subgroups according to age, sex, stress perception in dental pain related to symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (SIP) and symptomatic apical periodontitis (SAP).

Material and methods: 50 children diagnosed with SIP and SAP aged from 6 to 12 years old will be treated with root canal treatment. Dental examination using DMF score and oral hygiene level will be performedby experienced dentists. Salivary samples will be collected three times: before treatment in day of first dental visit (1), after two weeks (2), and after next two weeks = 30 days (3). Additionally, pain and stress perception will be examined by VAS scale and questionnaires dedicated for children anxiety: Frankl behavior rating scale, Venham's anxiety and behavior rating scale. Salivary immunoglobullins A, G, M, opiorphin, free cortisol and amylase will be measured using commercially available ELISA kits. Results will assess which of the measured salivary biomarkers is related to stress and dental pain, suggesting its use for evaluating in non-invasive way in childhood.

Conditions

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Stress, Emotional Dental Anxiety Dental Pain and Sensation Disorder Cortisol; Hypersecretion

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Group

50 generally healthy children diagnosed with dental pain as symptomatic irreversible pulpitis (SIP) or symptomatic apical periodontitis (SAP) aged from 6 to 12 years old will be included to the GROUP.

GROUP

Intervention Type OTHER

Non-invasive diagnosis of dental pain, dental root canal treatment, salivary specimen collection from the first visit to next and the last during 4 weeks of dental care

Interventions

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GROUP

Non-invasive diagnosis of dental pain, dental root canal treatment, salivary specimen collection from the first visit to next and the last during 4 weeks of dental care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* male or female
* age 6 - 12 y.o.
* complaint dental pain
* diagnosis of symptomatic irreversible pulpitis or symptomatic apical periodontitis
* assigned agreement to the informed consent form by parents/caregivers and children cooperation

Exclusion Criteria

* use of analgesics or antibiotics prior 48 h before specimen collection
* having a systemic disease
* disorders interfering with salivary function or flow
* regular medication intake interfering with salivary function or flow
* having temporary infectious disease
* having neurodevelopmental dysfunction (e.g ADHD)
* lack of cooperation during dental visits
* inability to understand the content of the informed consent form by parents/caregivers and children
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Paris 7 - Denis Diderot

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Elzbieta Paszynska

Assoc. Prof.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Elzbieta Paszynska, Prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Yves Boucher, Prof

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Université de Paris & Groupe Hospitalier Pitié Salpêtrière, 75006 Paris, France

Locations

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Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poznan, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Poland

Central Contacts

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Elzbieta Paszynska, Prof

Role: CONTACT

48618547027

Anna Krahel, DDS

Role: CONTACT

48618547027

Facility Contacts

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Elzbieta Paszynska, Prof

Role: primary

+48618547027

Monika Dmitrzak-Weglarz, Prof

Role: backup

+48618547027

References

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Paszynska E, Roszak M, Slopien A, Boucher Y, Dutkiewicz A, Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M, Gawriolek M, Otulakowska-Skrzynska J, Rzatowski S, Dmitrzak-Weglarz M. Is there a link between stress and immune biomarkers and salivary opiorphin in patients with a restrictive-type of anorexia nervosa? World J Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Mar;21(3):220-229. doi: 10.1080/15622975.2019.1593502. Epub 2019 Apr 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30880537 (View on PubMed)

Boucher Y, Braud A, Dufour E, Agbo-Godeau S, Baaroun V, Descroix V, Guinnepain MT, Ungeheuer MN, Ottone C, Rougeot C. Opiorphin levels in fluids of burning mouth syndrome patients: a case-control study. Clin Oral Investig. 2017 Sep;21(7):2157-2164. doi: 10.1007/s00784-016-1991-0. Epub 2016 Nov 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27834029 (View on PubMed)

Slavish DC, Szabo YZ. The effect of acute stress on salivary markers of inflammation: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2019 May 2;8(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-1026-4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 31046830 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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PUMS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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