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Effect of Oxytocin Nasal Inhalation on Empathy Analgesia

NCT05823441 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2024-02-01

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Summary

This study recruited healthy volunteers and randomly divided them into four groups. They inhaled oxytocin or saline, and watched a pain test video with photos of acquaintances or strangers, respectively, to test whether their feelings of the same thermal pain stimulus had changed.

Conditions

  • Oxytocin
  • Pain
  • Empathy
  • Social Familiarity
  • Analgesia

Interventions

DRUG

Oxytocin nasal spray

Volunteers inhale 24 units of oxytocin spray

DRUG

Placebo

Volunteers inhale 24 units of placebo spray

BEHAVIORAL

Stranger

Volunteers watch a video of a pain test and attach a photo of a stranger

BEHAVIORAL

Acquaintance

Volunteers watch a video of a pain test and attach a photo of an acquaintance

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Peking University People's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-03
Primary Completion
2024-01-21
Completion
2024-01-21

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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