Sex/Gender Differences in Risk and Resilience to PTSD; Implication of Oxytocin
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 38
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Amygdala Activation- Oxy Minus Placebo
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the study is to use fMRI to investigate amygdala response to fearful faces in men and women with and without PTSD who have experienced childhood trauma. The study will also compare the effects of oxytocin and placebo on amygdala response, and explore the interaction of oxytocin plasma levels and amygdala response in men and women with and without PTSD who have experienced childhood trauma.
Hypothesis 1: Amygdala responding will be greater in subjects with PTSD as compared to resilient subjects, and no sex differences in the magnitude of the response will be found.
Hypothesis 2A: In response to OT, women will exhibit a greater reduction in amygdala responding than men.
Hypothesis 2B: In response to OT, women with PTSD will exhibit a greater reduction in amygdala responding compared to women without PTSD.
Hypothesis 3A: Women with PTSD will have lower levels of plasma OT as compared to men with PTSD, and women and men without PTSD.
Hypothesis 3B: Plasma OT levels will be inversely correlated with amygdala responding to fearful faces in women but not in men.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Crossover
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 50 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
PTSD placebo Day 1, Oxytocin Day 2
Participants PTSD will self-administer matching placebo (containing all ingredients except OT) at 10:30 a.m. on Day 1 of study procedures, approximately 45-minutes prior the scanning sessions. This dose and timing of administration were selected based on similar fMRI studies (Domes, et al., 2007; Domes, et al., 2010; Kirsch, et al., 2005).
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
PTSD Oxytocin Day 1, Placebo Day 2
Participants with PTSD will self-administer 24 IUs of OT nasal spray at 10:30 a.m. on Day 1 of study procedures, approximately 45-minutes prior the scanning sessions. This dose and timing of administration were selected based on similar fMRI studies (Domes, et al., 2007; Domes, et al., 2010; Kirsch, et al., 2005).
干预措施: Oxytocin (Drug)
Resilient Placebo Day 1, Oxytocin Day 2
Resilient controls will self-administer matching placebo spray at 10:30 a.m. on Day 1 of study procedures, approximately 45-minutes prior the scanning sessions. This dose and timing of administration were selected based on similar fMRI studies (Domes, et al., 2007; Domes, et al., 2010; Kirsch, et al., 2005).
干预措施: Placebo (Drug)
Resilient Oxytocin Day 1, Placebo Day 2
Resilient controls will self-administer 24 IUs of OT nasal spray at 10:30 a.m.on Day 1 of study procedures, approximately 45-minutes prior the scanning sessions. This dose and timing of administration were selected based on similar fMRI studies (Domes, et al., 2007; Domes, et al., 2010; Kirsch, et al., 2005).
干预措施: Oxytocin (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Amygdala Activation- Oxy Minus Placebo
时间窗: Days 1 and 2
Bold signal response to facial recognition task was contrasted between oxytocin and saline administrations. Participants with PTSD and Resilient Controls each underwent 2 sets of scanning procedures, one with placebo and one with Oxytocin. Participants were randomly assigned to received Oxytocin on Day 1 or Day 2, and placebo on the opposite day, to mitigate crossover effects. Outcome measure is change in bold signal response between the two days; bold signal response on placebo was subtracted from bold signal response on Oxytocin to obtain change score.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Megan Moran-Santa Maria
Assistant Professor
Medical University of South Carolina