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Effects of Caffeine on Women's Sexual Arousal

NCT01242046 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2015-05-27

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Summary

The key research question in this study is whether or not caffeine facilitates genital sexual arousal in women in the presence of an external erotic stimulus. Caffeine's impact on the human sexual response cycle has yet to be studied in the field, so the goal is to determine if this substance will have any impact on genital arousal well as potentially identify the mechanisms underlying its ability to do so. Considering that this will be a single blind study, a key goal of the project is to determine how participant expectations regarding what they ingest will impact their subjective sexual arousal. At present, we hypothesize that, as caffeine's stimulant properties increase a human's heart rate and blood pressure, caffeine intake will facilitate genital arousal.

Conditions

  • Sexual Behavior

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Caffeine

400 mg of caffeine in tablet form

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Inert tablet

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Texas at Austin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Corey A Pallatto, B.A. · University of Texas at Austin

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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