Oxytocin-augmented Cognitive-behavioral Group-based Short-term Intervention for Loneliness

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical potential of oxytocin (OT) as an adjunct to a cognitive-behavioral group-based shortterm intervention for participants suffering from loneliness.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn
• Collaborators: Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory, University of Haifa; The German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• UCLA loneliness scale score equal to or greater than 55

Exclusion Criteria:

• current psychiatric illness

• current psychiatric medication or psychotherapy

• MRI contraindication (e.g. metal in body, claustrophobia)

• pregnancy