UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Basic information
Official scientific title of the study	the neural basis of the attitudes towards death and individual differences
Title of the study (Brief title)	the neural basis of the attitudes towards death and individual differences
Region	Japan

Condition
Condition	none
Classification by specialty	Adult
Classification by malignancy	Others
Genomic information	NO

Objectives
Narrative objectives1	to clarify emotional response to death in elderly people, university students and graduate students using functional MRI
Basic objectives2	Others
Basic objectives -Others	To clarify the relationship between the death attitude and emotional response, and the age difference of emotional response.
Trial characteristics_1	Confirmatory
Trial characteristics_2	Explanatory
Developmental phase	Not applicable

Assessment
Primary outcomes	Relationship between emotional response to death related stimuli and death attitude
Key secondary outcomes

Base
Study type	Interventional

Study design
Basic design	Parallel
Randomization	Randomized
Randomization unit	Cluster
Blinding	Single blind -participants are blinded
Control	No treatment
Stratification
Dynamic allocation
Institution consideration
Blocking
Concealment

Intervention
No. of arms	2
Purpose of intervention	Educational,Counseling,Training
Type of intervention	Other
Interventions/Control_1	2 days, about 4 hours per day
Interventions/Control_2	2 days, about 4 hours per day
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Interventions/Control_10

Eligibility
Age-lower limit	18 years-old <=
Age-upper limit	75 years-old >=
Gender	Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria	healthy and right handed person
Key exclusion criteria	Those with a history of mental illness, those with metal in the body, those with extreme myopia, those who are pregnant. Elderly people are those who are above a certain standard with cognitive screens.
Target sample size	100

Research contact person
Name of lead principal investigator	Sugiura Motoaki
Organization	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer,Tohoku University
Division name	Human Brain Science
Address	Seiryo-machi 4-1, Aoba-ku Sendai, 980-8575, JAPAN
TEL	022-717-8563
Email	sugiura@tohoku.ac.jp

Public contact
Name of contact person	Kanan Hirano
Organization	Tohoku University
Division name	School of medicine
Address	2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8575, Japan
TEL	022-717-8563
Homepage URL
Email	kanan.hirano7@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Sponsor
Institute	Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer,Tohoku University
Institute
Department

Funding Source
Organization	Japan Science and Technology Agency
Organization
Division
Category of Funding Organization	Japanese Governmental office
Nationality of Funding Organization

Other related organizations
Co-sponsor
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Secondary IDs
Secondary IDs	NO
Study ID_1
Org. issuing International ID_1
Study ID_2
Org. issuing International ID_2
IND to MHLW

Institutions
Institutions

Other administrative information
Date of disclosure of the study information	2016 Year 12 Month 09 Day

Progress
Recruitment status	Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation	2016 Year 09 Month 20 Day
Anticipated trial start date	2016 Year 09 Month 20 Day
Last follow-up date
Date of closure to data entry
Date trial data considered complete
Date analysis concluded

Related information
URL releasing protocol
Publication of results	Unpublished
URL releasing results
Results
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Management information
Registered date	2016 Year 12 Month 05 Day
Last modified on	2016 Year 12 Month 05 Day

Link to view the page
URL(English)	https://upload.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000028874