This trial (n=60) investigated the effect of MDMA (75mg) on the formation of memories. This was tested by simulating a crime (virtual reality). The trial found no significant effect of heightened vulnerability to external suggestions from MDMA.
Topic Healthy Subjects
Compound MDMA
Country Netherlands
Visit trial
Status
Completed
Results Published
Yes
Start date
12 September 2018
End date
30 May 2022
Chance of happening
100%
Phase
Phase I
Design
Blinded
Type
Interventional
Generation
First
Participants
60
Sex
All
Age
18- 40
Therapy
No
Trial Details
NCT Number NTR7665
Sponsors & Collaborators
Maastricht UniversityMaastricht University is host to the psychopharmacology department (Psychopharmacology in Maastricht) where various researchers are investigating the effects of psychedelics.
Papers
Remembering Molly: Immediate and delayed false memory formation after acute MDMA exposureThis trial (n=60) examined the delayed effects of MDMA (75 mg) on false memory in 60 healthy participants using a basic, associative word list (Deese/Roediger-McDermott (DRM)) paradigm and two applied misinformation tasks using a virtual reality crime, which were administered immediately after the MDMA session and one week later (sober). MDMA increased false memory for related but non-critical lures during the immediate test and decreased false memory for critical lures after a delay. Overall, findings suggest there is no heightened vulnerability to external suggestion in response to MDMA intoxication.