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Functional Brain Imaging in Recreational Users of Ecstasy

NCT00254306 · Hadassah Medical Organization

Closed to entry
Status
Not accepting participants
Not applicable
Phase
18
Target enrolment
1
Study sites
Outside the US

What it is testing

Summary

Recreational use of "ecstasy" (MDMA; 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is associated with long-lasting effects on metabolism in the human brain. The investigators propose to investigate whether chronic use of "ecstasy" is associated with impairment in motor skills and function of the dopaminergic system in recreational users of "ecstasy" compared with healthy volunteers. This will be done by scanning control subjects and "ecstasy" users at baseline and after performing on a motorbike riding computer game, while imaging dopamine in vivo with I123-IBZM (a D2 receptor radiotracer), using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Summary as written by the trial’s own sponsor and published on ClinicalTrials.gov API v2. It is the sponsor’s description, reproduced unedited, not an assessment by this site.

Who can take part

Eligibility, as published

18 Years to 65 Years
Ages
All
Sex
Accepted
Healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic users of ecstasy, and healthy controls, with no other diseases or drug abuse Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant and breast feeding women * Aged below 18 * Neurological disorders * Drug abuse

Where

1 study site

FacilityCityRegionCountry
Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Hadassah Hospital, Ein KeremJerusalem—Israel

On the registry

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NCT00254306 on ClinicalTrials.gov →

Last updated in the registry 2011-07-07. Registry records change; this page reflects the data build of 2026-08-25.

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