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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03272321
Date of registration: 25/08/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: KU Leuven
Public title: Influence of Oxytocin on Neurophysiological Responses to Live Faces
Scientific title: Influence of Oxytocin on Neurophysiological Responses to Direct and Averted Gaze
Date of first enrolment: July 24, 2017
Target sample size: 56
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03272321
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Belgium
Contacts
Name:     Kaat Alaerts, PhD
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Affiliation:  KU Leuven
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- right-handed

- male

- age between 18 and 35

- Normal or adjusted-to-normal vision (with lenses only)

- Dutch as mother tongue

Exclusion Criteria:

- not right-handed

- female

- age below 18 or above 35

- Need to wear glasses

- Dutch not as mother tongue



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 35 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Oxytocin
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Oxytocin
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in skin conductance (type of electrodermal activity) response after oxytocin administration [Time Frame: Average over several trials, baseline and 40 min after oxytocin or placebo administration]
Change in EEG asymmetry after oxytocin administration [Time Frame: Average over several trials, baseline and 40 min after oxytocin or placebo administration]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in number of fixations to face regions after oxytocin administration [Time Frame: Assesment over several trials, baseline and 40 min after oxytocin or placebo administration]
Change in duration of fixations to face regions after oxytocin administration [Time Frame: Assesment over several trials, baseline and 40 min after oxytocin or placebo administration]
Secondary ID(s)
SingleOT_EEG-SC_S56327
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Research Foundation Flanders
Ethics review
Results
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