Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03190772
The Role of Expectations in the Pharmacological Treatment of Depression - An Experimental Investigation
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 94 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Philipps University Marburg · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 65 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The study aimes at identifying whether positive expectations have an impact on the way depressive participants experience emotions in the form of sadness.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Placebo nasal spray | The placebo nasal spray consists of sesame oil and does not contain any active drug. |
| OTHER | Film sequence | All groups watch the film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-01
- Primary completion
- 2018-09-30
- Completion
- 2018-09-30
- First posted
- 2017-06-19
- Last updated
- 2018-11-07
Locations
2 sites across 1 country: Germany
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03190772. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.