U.S., Sept. 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07842367) titled 'Inflammation and Medical Provider Attitudes, Cognition, and Treatment Decisions Study' on Sept. 14.
Brief Summary: This is a randomized, double-blind clinical trial involving emergency medicine and internal medicine healthcare providers as participants. The intervention involves the administration of the seasonal influenza vaccine or a saline placebo; this protocol is used in psychoneuro-immunology to simulate a state of mild illness. The primary aim is to examine whether acute inflammation induced by receiving the vaccine affects decision-making on standardized psychological reaction time tasks and questionnaires. Participants att...