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Double Blind Randomized, Monocentric, Cross-over, Placebo-controlled Study to Evaluate the Effect of Citalopram on Motivation

Etude Comparative Monocentrique, randomisée, en Cross-over, en Double Aveugle, Contre Placebo, de l'Action du Citalopram Sur Les paramètres Cognitifs de la Motivation

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02113943
Acronym
MBBCitalopram
Enrollment
24
Registered
2014-04-15
Start date
2014-04-30
Completion date
2014-06-30
Last updated
2016-02-24

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Conditions

Normal Volunteers

Brief summary

The aim of the current study is to examine the role of serotonin on the cognitive parameters of motivation. They are embedded in a conceptual framework of motivation that merges decision-making and reinforcement learning theories. Every action is conceived as path from one state to another. The different states are associated to different values (positive for rewards and negative for punishments), and the different actions to different costs (risk, effort and delay). The tasks are designed such that the sensitivity to the state and action parameters can be inferred by fitting computational models.The primary objective is to characterize the effect of Citalopram 30mg on reward sensitivity, assessed in an incentive force task, in which participants are asked to squeeze a hand grip to win monetary rewards. Secondary objectives are to characterize the effect of Citalopram 30mg on other cognitive parameters of motivation (assessed with a motivational battery that includes rating, choice and learning tasks).

Interventions

DRUGCitalopram 30mg

Sponsors

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Man or woman, age ≥ 18 and \< 50 * Weight between 50 kg and 90 kg. * No contraindication to effort * No evolutive pathology that could interfere with the current study signed consent * medical insurance (sécurité sociale)

Exclusion criteria

* Age \< 18 or \> 50 * Smokers * Person under curatorship, or guardianship, or with civil rights deprivation * History of neurologic or psychiatric pathology * Presence of any psychotropic treatment * Chronic or actual consumption of alcohol, or psychotropic drugs * pregnancy, breastfeeding * Woman of childbearing potential without effective contraception * Hypersensitivity to atomoxetine or other constituents of the product * Pheochromocytoma * Narrow angle Glaucoma * Liver failure * Severe Cardiovascular Disorders * Severe Cerebrovascular Discorders * Treatment with non-selective Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (MAOI) : iproniazide. * Treatment with Linezoline, Lithium, Milleperthuis, Tramadol, tryptans. * Treatment with Pimozide, or treatment that can induce a QT prolongation (neuroleptics, class IA and III antiarrythmic, moxifloxacine, erythromicine, methadone, mefloquine, tricyclic antidepressants, lithium, cisapride), or treatment that can induce an hydroelectrolytic inbalance (thiazide diuretics). * Treatment with Anticoagulants * Treatment that can decrease seizure threshold: antidepressants, neuroleptics, mefloquine, buproprione, tramadol * Enzyme inducers, (rifampicine, …) * Treatment that can interfere with the performance of the subject: beta2 adrenergic agonists, analgesics, corticosteroïds, anti-inflammatory drugs, …

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Reward sensitivityMultiple Time Frame: 2h after placebo, 2h after Citalopram 30mgApathy will be assessed as the sensitivity to rewards in an incentive force task. The primary Outcome measure is the change in this parameter between the placebo condition and the Citalopram condition.

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026