Early Study of N-Acetylcysteine to Treat Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescents

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

67

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2011

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2015

Conditions
Deliberate Self Harm
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

N-Acetylcysteine

All eligible study subjects will be treated with 600mg of N-Acetylcysteine orally twice a day for 2 weeks, then the dose will be increased to 1200mg twice a day for two weeks, and to 1800mg twice a day for 4 weeks.

DRUG

fMRI

All eligible subjects and controls will undergo an emotional face-viewing task in our fMRI paradigm in order to focus in on the circuitry related to affect processing.

Trial Locations (1)

55454

University of Minnesota Dept. of Psychiatry Ambulatory Research Center, Minneapolis

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Minnesota Medical Foundation

OTHER

lead

University of Minnesota

OTHER