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Clinical Trials/IRCT2015103024792N1
IRCT2015103024792N1
Completed
Phase 2

To determine the effect of Oxytocin in compared with placebo on craving; withdrawal and stress response in heroin dependents.

Vice chancellor for research Kashan University of Medical Sciences0 sites50 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
Phase 2
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Condition 1: Withdrawal syndrome. Condition 2: Craving.
Sponsor
Vice chancellor for research Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
50
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Vice chancellor for research Kashan University of Medical Sciences

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Subjects must meet DSM\-IV criteria for current heroin dependence ( within the past six months). Subjects must be at the beginning of treatment period and must abstain from heroin for at least three days prior to testing. patients willing to participate in the intervention\- The age range of subjects must be between 20 to 60 years old. Subjects must be literate.
  • Exclusion Criteria :
  • Women who are pregnant, nursing or of childbearing potential and positive of pregnancy test. Subjects with evidence of or a history of significant hematological, endocrine, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, drug allergy or neurological disease including diabetes, as these conditions may affect physiological/subjective responses. Subjects with Addison's disease, Cushing's disease or other diseases of the adrenal cortex likely to affect hormonal/neuroendocrine status. Subjects with current major depressive disorder, bipolar or post\-traumatic stress disorder as these disorders are associated with characteristic changes in stress response. Subjects receiving synthetic glucocorticoid therapy, any exogenous steroid therapy within one month of test session.
  • Subjects taking any psychotropic medications, including SSRI's or other antidepressants, opiates or opiate antagonists as these medicines may affect the test response. Subjects with any acute illness or fever.
  • \- positive urine tests indicating abuse of any abuse or stimulant.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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