Beyond the Self and Back: Neuropharmacological Mechanisms Underlying the Dissolution of the Self

NCT03736980 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 140

Last updated 2020-11-04

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Summary

The aim of the study is to identify neural signatures, behavioral and phenomenological expressions of self-related processes including: sense of agency, semantic distinction between self and other, selflessness (altruism), social agency, embodied self (interoception), perceptual functioning of dissolved self including hallucinations and crossmodal processing, and finally the mystical type dissolution of the self.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

DRUG

Placebo

100% lactose

DRUG

Psilocybine

Study Group 1: 0.250 mg/Kg weight Study Group 2: 0.200 mg/Kg body weight Study Group 3: 0.215 mg/Kg body weight Study Group 4: 0.315 mg/Kg body weight

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-01
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2018-12-31

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