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Investigation of Serotonin 1B Receptors involvement in the effect of intranasal oxytocin on social behavior.

Investigation of Serotonin 1B Receptors involvement in the effects of intranasal oxytocin on social behavior: a placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover trial in healthy subjects.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs041240017
Enrollment
24
Registered
2024-04-18
Start date
2024-07-17
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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Conditions

none

Interventions

Oxytocin will be administered intranasally to healthy subjects, [11C]AZ10419369 injection solution will be administered and a brain PET scan will be performed. In addition, assessment of social behavi

Sponsors

Yamasue Hidenori
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Male

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Males between the ages of 18 and 55 at the time consent is obtained (2) Total intelligence quotient > 80 (3) Individuals who have given their written consent to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Has been diagnosed with a mental illness (2) Use of psychotropic drugs in the past 6 months (3) History of hypersensitivity to oxytocin (4) History of epileptic seizures or head trauma with loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes (5) History of alcohol-related or other substance-related disorders (6) Taking anti-inflammatory medications, which cannot be discontinued from one month prior to study drug administration (Visit 1) until Visit 2 or the end of the study (7) Has a family history of male breast cancer (8) Patients with a serious medical condition (9) Have a drug allergy, food allergy, or a specific constitution (10) Who cannot give consent to use contraception during the study period (11) Participate in any other research or clinical research (except for research involving PET imaging using [11C]DPA713) and receive any medication within 120 days prior to obtaining consent (12) Other subjects deemed ineligible for this study by the Principal Investigator(s).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
PET measurement: Binding potential (BP)ND of [11C]AZ10419369

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Evaluation of social behavior: number of friend / foe judgments based on nonverbal information during Verbal Non-verbal Test (VnV) and their reaction time and gazing time on eye region.

Contacts

Public ContactYosuke Kameno

Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

oxt_trial@hama-med.ac.jp+81-80-2529-7767

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026