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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT01937013
Date of registration: 03/09/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute
Public title: Impact of Emotional Mimicry and Oxytocin on Frontotemporal Dementia IEMO
Scientific title: Impact of Emotional Mimicry and Oxytocin on Frontotemporal Dementia
Date of first enrolment: September 12, 2013
Target sample size: 52
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01937013
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     Elizabeth C Finger, M.D.
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Affiliation:  LawsonHRI, London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, Schulich School of Medicine
Name:     Derek Mitchell, PhD
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Affiliation:  Western University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients:

- Ages 30-85

- meet consensus criteria for probable behavioural variant FTD (bvFTD)

Controls:

- Age and sex matched with patients

- Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) scores >27

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients:

- history of stroke

- intracranial haemorrhage or other medical or neurological disorder apart from FTD that
could affect cognition

- diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia not better accounted for by the
diagnosis of FTD

- cognitive impairment that precludes comprehension of task instructions

- contraindication to MRI scanning

- severe language or memory deficits that preclude participation in the study visits and
measures

- females who are pregnant or breastfeeding (a pregnancy test will be done on females
who have not completed menopause).

- uncontrolled hypertension

- bradycardia (rate <48 bpm) or tachycardia (rate > 100 bpm)

- current use of prostaglandins

Controls:

- history of stroke

- intracranial haemorrhage or other medical or neurological disorder

- diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia

- cognitive impairment that precludes comprehension of task instructions

- contraindication to MRI scanning

- severe language or memory deficits that preclude participation in the study visits and
measures

- females who are pregnant or breastfeeding (a pregnancy test will be done on females
who have not completed menopause).

- uncontrolled hypertension

- bradycardia (rate <48 bpm) or tachycardia (rate > 100 bpm)

- current use of prostaglandins



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Frontotemporal Dementia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Intranasal oxytocin
Drug: Saline Nasal Mist
Primary Outcome(s)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) BOLD signal [Time Frame: 2 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Cognitive and Emotional Task performance [Time Frame: 2 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
FTDOXY13EF
166786
103555
R-13-270
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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