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Completed Early Phase 1 Interventional Accepts healthy volunteers

Methadone Oxytocin Option

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01728909

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Official title

The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Social Cognition and Social Approach Behaviors in Opioid-dependent Patients

Brief summary

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The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on social cognition in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), examine the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on opioid craving and on the subjective effects of methadone, and examine the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on implicit preferences for drug-related and social stimuli in patients receiving MMT. Hypothesis 1: Patients will perform better on measures of social cognition (including affect recognition and recognition of sarcasm) after administration of oxytocin compared with placebo. Hypothesis 2: Patients will demonstrate lower craving for opioids and greater subjective effects of methadone after administration of oxytocin compared with placebo. Hypothesis 3: Patients will demonstrate increased implicit preferences for social stimuli and decreased implicit preferences for drug related stimuli after administration of oxytocin compared with placebo.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01728909
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Early Phase 1
Enrollment
64 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
Male
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Apr 30, 2012
Primary completion
Sep 30, 2014
Completion
Sep 30, 2014
Last update posted
May 20, 2019

2012 – 2014

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
San Francisco VA Medical Center San Francisco California 94121

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