The Effect of Oxytocin on Face Perception

NCT ID: NCT02091817

Last Updated: 2015-07-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

SUSPENDED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether oxytocin affect face perception

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Healthy Congenital Prosopagnosia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Control group

Control group will be administered oxytocin and placebo, in a double-blind randomized order.

Group Type OTHER

Oxytocin

Intervention Type DRUG

Intervention will be examined on control group, and on experimental group as well.

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo will be given to control group and experimental group as well.

congenital prosopagnosia

Congenital prosopagnosics will be administered oxytocin and placebo in a double-blind randomized order.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Oxytocin

Intervention Type DRUG

Intervention will be examined on control group, and on experimental group as well.

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo will be given to control group and experimental group as well.

Interventions

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Oxytocin

Intervention will be examined on control group, and on experimental group as well.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo will be given to control group and experimental group as well.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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syntocinon

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* normal or corrected to normal vision

Exclusion Criteria

* minors
* pregnancy (according to a pregnancy test taken by subjects prior to participation)
* a history of asthma or nasal polyps
* cardiac disorders
* hyponatremia
* acute or chronic renal insufficiency
* liver cirrhosis
* neurological disease
* other chronic disease
* dementia, or lack of judgment
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Soroka University Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ilan Shelef

Head of medical imaging at Soroka University Medical Center

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Shelef Ilan, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Soroka University Medical Center

Galia Avidan, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Locations

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Soroka medical center

Beersheba, Israel, Israel

Site Status

Countries

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Israel

References

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Avidan G, Behrmann M. Functional MRI reveals compromised neural integrity of the face processing network in congenital prosopagnosia. Curr Biol. 2009 Jul 14;19(13):1146-50. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.060. Epub 2009 May 28.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19481456 (View on PubMed)

Avidan G, Behrmann M. Implicit familiarity processing in congenital prosopagnosia. J Neuropsychol. 2008 Mar;2(1):141-64. doi: 10.1348/174866407x260180.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19334309 (View on PubMed)

Avidan G, Hasson U, Malach R, Behrmann M. Detailed exploration of face-related processing in congenital prosopagnosia: 2. Functional neuroimaging findings. J Cogn Neurosci. 2005 Jul;17(7):1150-67. doi: 10.1162/0898929054475145.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16102242 (View on PubMed)

Behrmann M, Avidan G, Marotta JJ, Kimchi R. Detailed exploration of face-related processing in congenital prosopagnosia: 1. Behavioral findings. J Cogn Neurosci. 2005 Jul;17(7):1130-49. doi: 10.1162/0898929054475154.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16102241 (View on PubMed)

Hasson U, Avidan G, Deouell LY, Bentin S, Malach R. Face-selective activation in a congenital prosopagnosic subject. J Cogn Neurosci. 2003 Apr 1;15(3):419-31. doi: 10.1162/089892903321593135.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12729493 (View on PubMed)

MacDonald E, Dadds MR, Brennan JL, Williams K, Levy F, Cauchi AJ. A review of safety, side-effects and subjective reactions to intranasal oxytocin in human research. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 Sep;36(8):1114-26. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.02.015. Epub 2011 Mar 23.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21429671 (View on PubMed)

Avidan G, Tanzer M, Hadj-Bouziane F, Liu N, Ungerleider LG, Behrmann M. Selective dissociation between core and extended regions of the face processing network in congenital prosopagnosia. Cereb Cortex. 2014 Jun;24(6):1565-78. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bht007. Epub 2013 Jan 31.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23377287 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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ISF, 384/10

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

sor010712ctil

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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