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A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF MINOCYCLINE ON AVERSIVE MEMORY IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF MINOCYCLINE ON AVERSIVE MEMORY IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS - [MinAv]

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00024001
Enrollment
100
Registered
2021-06-11
Start date
2021-07-13
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

healthy subjects

Interventions

Group 1: MINOCIN® Akne Filmtabl (Minocycline), 200mg capsule, oral administration, single-dose. The experiment will examine whether aversive memories of healthy participants can be influenced by the

Sponsors

Klinik für Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Informed Consent as documented by signature - Age 18 – 40 years

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Allergy to Minocycline or to any other ingredient in the named drugs • Use of any drugs in the 2 weeks prior to the study with the exception of contraceptive drugs and incidental use of NSARs or paracetamol • Women who are pregnant or breast feeding, • Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study, • Lack of safe contraception, defined as: Female participants of childbearing potential, not using and not willing to continue using a medically reliable method of contraception for the entire study duration and for up to 2 weeks after drug intake, such as oral, injectable, or implantable contraceptives, or intrauterine contraceptive devices, or mechanical contraceptive (condom, diaphragm) • Other clinically significant concomitant disease states, e.g., renal failure, cardiovascular disease, etc. • Any history of psychiatric, neurological, dependence or systemic/rheumatic disease • Known or suspected non-compliance, drug or alcohol abuse • Smoking more than 5 cigarettes / day • Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language problems • Participation in another study with investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study, • Previous enrolment into the current study, • members of the study team and their family members and dependants

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Fear-potentiated startle, measured via eyeblink EMG of the M. orbicularis oculi and quantified according to Khemka et al. (2017) Detailed analysis plan will be published prior to the start of data analysis.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
SCR (skin conductance response), respiration amplitude, heart period measured with ECG (Electrocardiogram), pupil reaction, questionnaires (STAI).

Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactYanfang Xia

Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich, University of Zurich

yanfang.xia@uzh.ch058 384 26 60

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026