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NCT00094510

Effect of Gabapentin on GABA Concentration and Emotional Processing

Completed Last updated 2 July 2017
What this trial tests

trial in Healthy in 30 participants. Completed in 3 September 2010.

Timeline
14 October 2004
3 September 2010

Quick facts

Lead sponsorNational Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment30
Start date14 October 2004
Estimated completion3 September 2010
Sites1 location across United States

Conditions studied

Sponsor

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Healthy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study will use magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and the drug gabapentin to examine the role of the brain chemical gamma-amino-butyric acid (GABA) in regulating emotions in healthy people. Gabapentin, which is used to treat epilepsy, increases GABA concentrations in the brain. MRS, similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is a diagnostic test that uses a magnetic field and radio waves to produce images of the brain. Non-smoking, healthy normal volunteers between 18 and 60 years of age may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and physical examination, psychiatric evaluation, blood and urine tests, and an electrocardiogram (EKG). At three separate clinic visits, participants are given either gabapentin or a placebo (an inactive look-alike capsule). They take placebo at one visit, 600 mg of gabapentin at another visit, and 1200 mg of gabapentin at another visit. One hour after taking the capsules, the amount of GABA in the brain is measured by MRS. For this procedure, the subject lies on a table that moves into the MRI scanner (a narrow cylinder), wearing earplugs to muffle loud knocking and thumping sounds that occur during the scanning process. The procedure lasts about 45 to 60 minutes, during which the patient is asked to lie still for up to a few minutes at a time.

Publications & conference data

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