# The Role of Serotonin in Compulsive Behavior in Humans: Underlying Brain Mechanisms

> **NCT04336228** · PHASE4 · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Rigshospitalet, Denmark** · enrollment: 46 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/High Compulsive Individuals
- Healthy Individuals

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Escitalopram
- **DRUG:** Placebo oral tablet

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04336228
- **Lead sponsor:** Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2020-04-01
- **Primary completion:** 2027-12-31
- **Final completion:** 2027-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 46 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-12-18

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04336228

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04336228, "The Role of Serotonin in Compulsive Behavior in Humans: Underlying Brain Mechanisms". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-12 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04336228. Licensed CC0.

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