Double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled crossover Phase I study (n=17) comparing single oral methylone 200 mg, MDMA 100 mg, and placebo in healthy volunteers to assess abuse potential, subjective and physiological effects, and pharmacokinetics.
Definitive study: double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover with three experimental sessions per subject (methylone 200 mg, MDMA 100 mg, placebo) following a pilot dose-finding phase.
Primary objectives were to assess abuse potential and subjective/physiological effects; secondary objectives included pharmacokinetic and metabolic characterisation.
Single oral dose of methylone 200 mg (definitive study arm).
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone (MDMC); definitive study dose selected after pilot cohorts.
Single oral dose of MDMA 100 mg (active comparator).
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, active comparator.
Single oral placebo (maltodextrin).
Maltodextrin placebo.