Effect of Oxytocin Nasal Inhalation on Empathy Analgesia

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-04-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Peking University People's Hospital
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers

Exclusion Criteria:

• During pregnancy;

• Have participated in any research related to pain;

• Sleep disorders;

• Used alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, or other psychoactive substances within 24 hours before the test;

• Experienced intense pain requiring medical analgesia within three months prior to the trial;

• Taking any medication, including over the counter medication;

• Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, or drugs;

• A history of any respiratory, circulatory, neurological, musculoskeletal, and/or mental illness;

• Current symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. (See quantitative sensor testing for specific standards)