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Study NCT ID: NCT06565494
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2024-08-28
First Post: 2024-07-26
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Pathological Narcissism
Sponsor: University of Washington
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: A Pilot Study of Midomafetamine (MDMA-Assisted) Therapy for the Treatment of Pathological Narcissism
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-08
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: This open-label, proof-of-concept pilot study will assess the efficacy and safety of midomafetamine (MDMA) - assisted therapy (AT) for participants diagnosed with pathological narcissism. As all participants will be allocated to a single group assignment, there will be no blinding, randomization, or comparator treatment. Participants will have a screening visit, a preparation period of 3 visits, a treatment period receiving MDMA-AT at 3 monthly visits, a 6 month follow up period coming in at one week, one month, three months and six months after last treatment visit.
Detailed Description: This open-label, proof-of-concept pilot study will assess the efficacy and safety of midomafetamine- assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for participants diagnosed with pathological narcissism. As all participants will be allocated to a single group assignment, there will be no blinding, randomization, or comparator treatment.

Up to 12 participants will be enrolled. Each participant will have 2 informants, one family member and one psychotherapist.

The visit schedule for each participant will be comprised of the following:

* Screening Period: phone screen, visit screen, informed consent, eligibility assessment, and enrollment invitation to eligible participants;
* Preparation Period: medication tapering, three Preparation Sessions, Baseline assessments, Enrollment Confirmation;
* Treatment Period: three monthly Experimental Sessions and nine associated Integration Sessions over \~12 weeks;
* Follow-up Period and Study Termination: four Follow-up Visits at one week, one month, three months and six months after the final Integration Session to collect clinical outcome measures; Study Termination will happen at the last Follow-up Visit.

The treatment (MDMA-AT) consists 3 Preparation sessions followed by 3 Experimental sessions at 4-week intervals; after each Experimental session, 3 weekly Integration sessions will be conducted. For the first Experimental Session, the dose of MDMA is 80 mg; for the second and third Experimental Sessions, the dose of MDMA is 120 mg. For all three Experimental sessions, a supplemental dose of 50% of the initial dose will be available. The Preparation, Experimental, and Integration Sessions will involve psychotherapy developed specifically for this trial and population.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: True
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: True
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: