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- Clinical Trial NCT03869424
Influence of Expectations on Rumination
August 15, 2019 updated by: Philipps University Marburg Medical Center
Influence of Expectations on Rumination: An Experimental Investigation
The study tries to identify whether positive expectations, induced with an active placebo nasal-spray, have effects on rumination.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Healthy volunteers are informed that a new application method for an antidepressant, specialised on protecting from rumination, would be tested.
They will randomly be assigned to the treatment group (taking the antidepressant which is in fact an active placebo) or the no treatment control group (not taking a placebo).
Then sad mood is induced by mood-suggestive music and negative autobiographic recall.
Then participants in the experimental group take the "medication".
Afterwards both groups are asked to focus on emotion-focused, symptom-focused and self-focused thoughts to induce rumination (e.g.
"Think about what your feelings might mean.").
Sadness will be assessed before and after the negative recall task and also after the rumination induction.
State Rumination will be assessed before the recall task and after the rumination induction.
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
90
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Deutschland
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Marburg, Deutschland, Germany, 35032
- Philipps-Universitat Marburg
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
18 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- healthy volunteers
- fluent in German language
Exclusion Criteria:
- mental disorders
- allergic to capsaicin
- allergic to sesame oil
- intake of psychopharmacological drugs in the last four weeks
- intake of illegal drugs in the last two weeks
- consumption of alcohol in the last twelve hours
- students in medicine, pharmacy, or psychology
- completed studies in medicine, pharmacy or psychology
- current pregnancy or lactation
- cardio vascular disease
- kidney disease
- liver disease
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Positive Expectations Group
Participants receive a nasal spray that is in fact a placebo.
However, they are told that it protects from rumination.
They take the nasal spray once in the laboratory.
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Participants receive an active nasal spray that is in fact a placebo.
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No Intervention: No-treatment control group
Participants do not receive the nasal spray.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in State Rumination (Fragebogen zur Erfassung aktueller Ruminationsneigung)
Time Frame: At baseline and after the rumination induction. Each assessment is taking 5 Minutes, in total 10 minutes.
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German questionnaire of 10 Items, e.g.: "I get lost in ruminative thoughts.",
"I am present in this situation.",
"My thoughts are focused on the past.".All Items will be rated on a visual analogue scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (very much).
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At baseline and after the rumination induction. Each assessment is taking 5 Minutes, in total 10 minutes.
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Change in Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-X)
Time Frame: At baseline, after the negative biographical recall and after the rumination induction, each assessment is taking 3 minutes, in total 9 minutes.
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Items of PANAS-X: Sadness Score ("sad", "blue", "downhearted", "alone", "lonely") and Items "Surprised", "concentrating", "happy".
All Items will be rated on a visual analogue scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (very much).
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At baseline, after the negative biographical recall and after the rumination induction, each assessment is taking 3 minutes, in total 9 minutes.
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Winfried Rief, Professor, Philipps-Univeristy of Marburg
Study record dates
These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
May 27, 2019
Primary Completion (Actual)
July 31, 2019
Study Completion (Actual)
August 14, 2019
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
March 8, 2019
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
March 8, 2019
First Posted (Actual)
March 11, 2019
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
August 16, 2019
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
August 15, 2019
Last Verified
August 1, 2019
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 2019-05k
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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