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ClinicalTrials.gov |
Last refreshed on:
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8 February 2016 |
Main ID: |
NCT02451072 |
Date of registration:
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13/05/2015 |
Prospective Registration:
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No |
Primary sponsor: |
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Public title:
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The Role of 5-HT2A Receptor in the Perception of Self and Personal Meaning in Healthy Volunteers
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Scientific title:
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The Role of 5-HT2A Receptor on Perception of the Self and Perception of Meaning in Healthy Volunteers |
Date of first enrolment:
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March 2015 |
Target sample size:
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25 |
Recruitment status: |
Completed |
URL:
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https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02451072 |
Study type:
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Interventional |
Study design:
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Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science
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Phase:
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N/A
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Countries of recruitment
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Switzerland
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Contacts
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Name:
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Franz X. Vollenweider, Prof. Dr. |
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Affiliation:
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Center for Psychiatric Research, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich |
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy male and female volunteers at the age of 20-40
- Willing and capable to give informed consent for study participation as documented by
signature after the nature of the study has been thoroughly explained
- Willing to refrain from drinking alcohol the day before testing session, from
drinking alcohol and caffeinated drinks at the testing days and from consuming
psychoactive substances 2 weeks before testing days and for the duration of the study
- Able and willing to comply with all study requirements
- MRI-compatible body shape and size (Body mass index [BMI] 17-30)
- Right-handedness
Exclusion Criteria:
- Poor knowledge of the German language
- Previous significant adverse response to a hallucinogenic drug
- Participation in another study where pharmaceutical compounds are given within the 30
days preceding and during the present study
- Self or first-degree relatives with present or antecedent psychiatric disorders
- Present or antecedent alcohol/drug dependence or present alcohol/drug abuse
- History of head trauma, fainting, seizures, or electroconvulsive therapy
- Recent cardiac or brain surgery
- Current use of medication known to affect brain function (e.g. benzodiazepines,
antihistamines, aspirin, beta blockers, theophylline, acetazolamide, etc.)
- Concomitant therapy with potent inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 isoenzyme 3A4 (HIV
protease inhibitors, macrolide antibiotics, acylderivative anti-infective agents)
- Presence of major internal or neurological disorders (including sepsis,
pheochromocytoma, thyrotoxicosis, drug-induced fibrosis, familiar or basilar artery
migraine)
- Presence of psychiatric disorder
- Cardiovascular disease (hypertonia, coronary artery disease, heart insufficiency,
myocardial infarction within the past 6 months, coronary spastic angina)
- Peripheral vascular disease (thromboangiitis obliterans, luetic arteritis, severe
arteriosclerosis, thrombophlebitis, Raynaud's disease)
- Liver or renal disease
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women (a urine pregnancy test will be done before each
session for all women capable of bearing children)
- Inability to lie still for about 60 minutes (e.g. because of sneezing, itching,
tremor, pain)
- Metal parts in the body (piercings, brain aneurysm clip, implanted neural
stimulator/cardiac pacemaker/defibrillator/Swan Ganz catheter/insulin pump, cochlear
implant); metal shrapnel or bullet, ocular foreign body (e.g. metal shavings);
current or previous job in metalworking industry
- Claustrophobia
Age minimum:
20 Years
Age maximum:
40 Years
Gender:
Both
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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
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Healthy
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Intervention(s)
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Drug: LSD
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Drug: Ketanserin
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Drug: Placebo
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Primary Outcome(s)
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fMRI brain activity (BOLD signal)
[Time Frame: two MRI acquisitions separated by a break of 160 minutes]
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Secondary Outcome(s)
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repeated assessment of subjective effects with validated questionnaires
[Time Frame: 14 hours]
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associations between personality traits, subjective experiences, and mood changes and the changes in BOLD signal
[Time Frame: 14 hours]
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Secondary ID(s)
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LSDPUK-126
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
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Results
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Results available:
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