# Exploring the Effects of Corticosteroids on the Human Hippocampus

> **NCT03896659** · PHASE4 · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center** · enrollment: 66 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Hydrocortisone
- Depression
- Healthy Volunteers

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Hydrocortisone Oral
- **DRUG:** Placebo Oral Tablet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03896659
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2019-10-01
- **Primary completion:** 2024-09-16
- **Final completion:** 2024-09-16
- **Target enrollment:** 66 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-16

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03896659

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03896659, "Exploring the Effects of Corticosteroids on the Human Hippocampus". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03896659. Licensed CC0.

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