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Effects of acute ketamine administration on mental representations of the body in healthy participants.

Effects of acute ketamine administration on mental representations of the body in healthy participants.

Status
Withdrawn
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12611000197932
Enrollment
20
Registered
2011-02-21
Start date
2011-08-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To determine whether or not acute ketamine administration produces schizophrenic-like changes in the way one's own body is represented mentally.

Interventions

0.16 mg/kg I.V. dose of ketamine administered over an hour.

Sponsors

Prof. Mathew Martin-Iverson
Lead SponsorIndividual

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Crossover
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Healthy participants

Exclusion criteria

1. Pregnancy or currently breastfeeding 2. Neurological disorders or known seizure risk 3. History of loss of consciousness for over 5 mins 4. Current diagnosis or treatment for a mental illness 5. Past or current treatment for substance use disorder 6. Significant risk of psychoses (previous history of psychosis or first-degree relative diagnosed with schizophrenia/schizophrenia-spectrum disorders) 7. Presence or history of a kinetic disorder 8. Presence or history of hypertension 9. Presence or history of hepatic insufficiency 10. Presence of renal insufficiency 11. Presence or history of cardiovascular disorder 12. Significant risk of suicide 13. Known hypersensitivity to ketamine 14. Receiving any systematic prescription medication (excluding oral contraceptive pill)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026