Peripheral Oxytocin and Touch
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Official title
Effect of Peripheral Oxytocin on Touch Pleasantness and Pain
Brief summary
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Research shows that slow gentle skin stroking can activate special sensory nerves in the skin that elicit relaxing effects on the body and mind, similar to the effects of the hormone oxytocin. Studies also suggest that gentle stroking may even release oxytocin in the skin. However, we do not know what oxytocin does in the skin and how it affects nerves that send pleasant touch or pain signals to the brain. The proposed study will determine how individuals perceive gentle stroking and experimental pain before and after a skin injection of oxytocin compared to a placebo injection.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT05326776
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 20 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Apr 4, 2023
- Primary completion
- Aug 2, 2023
- Completion
- Aug 2, 2023
- Last update posted
- Dec 30, 2024
2023
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACTRI | La Jolla | California | 92115 | — |
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- Last update posted Dec 30, 2024 · Synced Sep 22, 2026
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