Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01701180
Neural Correlates of Empathogenic and Affiliative Actions of Oxytocin
Neural Correlates of the Empathogenic and Affiliative Actions of Oxytocin
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- EARLY_Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 23 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Bonn · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Male
- Age
- 18 Years – 60 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
Mounting evidence indicates that the intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin has prosocial effects. However, the neural substrates of these effects are still unclear. The investigators hypothesized that a single dose administration of oxytocin should increase empathogenic and affiliative responses and that these effects are mediated by an increased insula activity.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | Oxytocin | 24 IU; 3 puffs per nostril, each with 4 IU OXT |
| DRUG | Placebo |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-08-01
- Completion
- 2013-08-01
- First posted
- 2012-10-04
- Last updated
- 2014-12-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01701180. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.