Status:

UNKNOWN

Dopaminergic Enhancement of Learning and Memory in Healthy Adults and Patients With Dyslexia

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital Muenster

Conditions:

Dyslexia

Eligibility:

MALE

18-35 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study aims to determine whether levodopa, in combination with a high frequency training of (grammatical) rules, is effective in boosting learning success in healthy subjects and whether this kind...

Detailed Description

Prior work by our group shows that d-amphetamine and the dopamine precursor levodopa markedly improve word learning success in healthy subjects. In this randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind tr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Right-handedness
  • Age between 18-35 years
  • Primary language: German

Exclusion

  • Known allergy to levodopa or tetrazine
  • History of medication/drug abuse
  • Acute nicotine withdrawal or \> 10 cigarettes per day
  • \>6 cups/glasses of coffee, caffeine drinks or energy drinks per day
  • \>50 grams of alcohol per day
  • Hypertonia
  • Arteriosclerosis
  • Diabetes, asthma, or glaucoma
  • Psychiatric disease
  • Neurologic disease
  • Other medication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00111371

Start Date

January 1 2005

End Date

October 1 2015

Last Update

December 5 2014

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Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital of Muenster

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 48129