Adult Study Oxytocin - fMRI
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Official title
Mechanisms and Effects of Oxytocin on Social Cognition in Schizophrenia - fMRI
Brief summary
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In this study, investigators will examine the behavioral effects and neurophysiological mechanisms of the pro-social neuropeptide oxytocin in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia. Such research is a necessary first step towards identifying whether intranasal oxytocin administration can serve as an adjunct treatment for social impairments in schizophrenia. Aim 1: To examine the effects of exogenous oxytocin on patterns of neural activation as measured by fMRI during a well-characterized affect-labeling task in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia and healthy comparison subjects. Hypothesis A: Patients will exhibit amygdalar hyperactivity and PNS hypo-activity when passively viewing faces, which will be normalized by administration of oxytocin. Hypothesis B: Patients will exhibit hypo-activity of the vPFC when affectively labeling faces and this hypo-activity will be normalized by oxytocin administration.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02566356
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Early Phase 1
- Enrollment
- 59 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 50 Years
- Sex
- Male
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2012
- Primary completion
- Aug 31, 2017
- Completion
- Aug 31, 2017
- Last update posted
- May 20, 2019
2012 – 2017
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center | San Francisco | California | 94121 | — |
| University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco | California | 94143 | — |
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- Last update posted May 20, 2019 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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