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Efficacy of Psilocybin in OCD: a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study

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This study aims to investigate the effects of oral psilocybin on OCD symptomatology and provide the first evidence of the neural mechanism that may mediate psilocybin's purported therapeutic effects on OCD.

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Randomised, double-blind, active-placebo-controlled, single-dose study (psilocybin 0.25 mg/kg vs niacin 250 mg) in participants with moderate–severe OCD; participants are admitted inpatient for the dosing week.

Primary clinical assessments at 24 and 48 hours and at 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months; resting-state fMRI at baseline and 48 hours to examine fronto-striatal connectivity changes and their relation to symptom improvement.

Topics:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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Registry linkNCT03356483