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The Role of Expectations in the Pharmacological Treatment of Depression - An Experimental Investigation

NCT03190772 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 94

Last updated 2018-11-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study aimes at identifying whether positive expectations have an impact on the way depressive participants experience emotions in the form of sadness.

Conditions

  • Major Depressive Episode

Interventions

OTHER

Placebo nasal spray

The placebo nasal spray consists of sesame oil and does not contain any active drug.

OTHER

Film sequence

All groups watch the film sequence that is supposed to induce sadness.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Philipps University Marburg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Winfried Rief, Professor · Philipps University Marburg

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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