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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00426010
Date of registration: 23/01/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
Public title: Measuring Placebo Effect by Elimination and Investigating Mechanism of Action
Scientific title: Measuring Placebo Effect by Elimination and Investigating Its Mechanism of Action
Date of first enrolment: January 2007
Target sample size: 180
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00426010
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Saudi Arabia
Contacts
Name:     Muhammad M Hammami, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  KFSH & RC, Riyadh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Males and nonpregnant females 18 and 40 years of age with at least high school
education.

Exclusion criteria:

- Include evidence of clinically relevant deviation from normal health (such that it
may affect the endpoints, make the ingestion of caffeine dangerous, or affect the
pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of caffeine),

- Pregnancy,

- Poor venous access,

- Hypertension (more than 140/90),

- Heart disease,

- History of panic attacks,

- Average daily caffeine consumption of more than 300 or less than 100 mg,

- Smoking,

- Alcohol abuse,

- Taking any medication other than birth control bills (including over-the-counter
drugs) within one week from starting the study,

- Hypersensitivity to caffeine or related compounds,

- Hemoglobin of less than 13 gm/L, and recent (one week) acute illness



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Placebo Effect
Placebo Mechanisms of Action
Intervention(s)
Drug: caffeine/placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
4 hours area under the curve (AUC) of nausea measured by Visual Analogue Scales. [Time Frame: 4 hours]
4 hours area under the curve (AUC) of energy level measured by Visual Analogue Scales. [Time Frame: 4 hours]
4 hours area under the curve (AUC) of peripheral systolic blood pressure [Time Frame: 4 hours]
4 hours area under the curve (AUC) of alertness level measured by Visual Analogue Scales. [Time Frame: 4 hours]
Secondary Outcome(s)
t1/2 of serum caffeine (in a subgroup) [Time Frame: 14 hours]
Tmax of serum caffeine (in a subgroup) [Time Frame: 4 hours]
Cmax of serum caffeine (in a subgroup) [Time Frame: 4 hours]
AUC of serum caffeine (in a subgroup) [Time Frame: 14 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
KACST:ARP-26-45
RAC# 2051072
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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