The Role of Oxytocin in Modulating the Effects of Social Feedback on Achieving Personal Goals

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Drug: oxytocin treatment; Drug: placebo treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02740101

UESTC-neuSCAN-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

To examine potential differential effects of receiving various social feedback on achieving personal goals,and whether oxytocin would modulate these effects.

Full description

In the present study, 62 healthy male participants participated in the double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment. Investigators aimed to test the idea that whether oxytocin would modulate subjective responses during receiving various social reward and social punishment about the future outcomes of pursuing personal goals.

Enrollment: 62 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy subjects without past or current psychiatric or neurological disorders.

Exclusion criteria

• Taking oral contraceptives;
• No history of head injury and medical or psychiatric illness.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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62 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

oxytocin nasal spray

Experimental group

Description:

subjects administrating oxytocin were divided into experimental group

Treatment:

Drug: oxytocin treatment

placebo nasal spray

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

subjects administrating placebo were divided into controlled group

Treatment:

Drug: placebo treatment