E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
There are no medical conditions or diseases under investigation |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
There are no medical conditions or diseases under investigation |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Not possible to specify |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 19.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10033334 |
E.1.2 | Term | Oxytocin normal |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10022891 - Investigations |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Examine whether OXT facilitates the occurrence and affects the quality of spiritual experiences and the sensed presence of a sentient being. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- Determine whether oxytocin receptor polymorphism contributes to spiritual experience and the sensed presence of a sentient being, either in itself or in combination with exteroceptive oxytocin administration. - Study whether individual differences in personality dispositions (attachment, propensities for ”absorption”, philosophy of life) further contribute to the outcomes. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Healthy women and men 18-30 years old - Fluent SWedish - Right-handed - Live in the Stockholm area |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Pregnacy - Breastfeeding - Nasal allergies - Sesame or nuts allergy - Any known neurological, visual, and auditory impairment - Use of medication (except oral contraceptives) - Drug or alcohol abuse - Psychiatric disorder - Nasal disease or obstruction - Smoking - Claustrophobia (fear to close rooms/spaces - Fear to dark rooms/spaces |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Descriptions of sensory experiences during deprivation (dark room,no noise). The descriptions will be written by the participants themselves. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
45 minutes after administration of oxytocin or placebo |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
Self-reported inventories that focus on personality, affiliation, philosophical and spiritual experiences |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
After the description of sensory deprivation |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Yes |
E.6.13.1 | Other scope of the trial description |
With the proposed study we aim to gain insight in the social bonding effect of OXT and if it might extend more broadly to support the affiliative components within spirituality (i.e., its self-transcendence component, or the sense of the self being connected to ”all there is”). |
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E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | Yes |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Yes |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Yes |
E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description |
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E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 1 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | 0 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | 0 |