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. 2021 Mar 4;35(4):384–397. doi: 10.1177/0269881121992676

Table 1.

Summary of studies included in the meta-regression analysis. All studies were performed with healthy study participants. Two studies report the data of the same sample (included only once in the meta-analysis) and two studies report subsamples of data already included in a meta-analysis, which were therefore omitted. Several studies contain multiple observations (e.g. from repeated measurements).

Study Sample Size Study description Data report Psilocybin administration
Umbricht et al., 2002 N = 18 EEG, auditory mismatch-negativity paradigm 5D-ASC (converted) Oral administration
Dosage:
(1) 280 μg/kg body weight
Hasler et al., 2004 N = 8 Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design
ECG, blood pressure, body temperature and further questionnaire assessment
5D-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosages:
(1) 45 μg/kg body weight
(2) 115 μg/kg body weight
(3) 215 μg/kg body weight
(4) 315 μg/kg body weight
Carter, Pettigrew, et al., 2005
(Same sample: Wittmann et al., 2007)
N = 12
(N = 12)
Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design
Binocular rivalry paradigm, time reproduction, auditory sensorimotor synchronization task, finger tapping, spatial span test
5D-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosages:
(1) 115 μg/kg body weight
(2) 250 μg/kg body weight
Carter et al., 2007
(Subsample: Carter, Burr, et al., 2005)
N = 10
(N = 8)
Within-subject design with additional conditions: (2) placebo, (3) 50 mg ketanserin, (4) ketanserin + psilocybin,
Multiple object tracking task, spatial working memory task
5D-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 215 μg/kg body weight
Vollenweider et al., 2007 N = 16 Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design
Prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle response
5D-ASC (converted) Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosages:
(1) 115 μg/kg body weight
(2) 215 μg/kg body weight
(3) 315 μg/kg body weight
Quednow et al., 2012 N = 16 Double-blind within-subject design with additional conditions: (2) placebo, (3) 40 mg ketanserin, (4) ketanserin + psilocybin,
Prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle response, colour-word-Stroop test
5D-ASC (converted) Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 260 μg/kg body weight
Pokorny et al., 2016 N = 19
N = 17
Double-blind within-subject design with two groups (G1: N = 19, G2: N = 17)
and additional conditions: (2) G1/G2: placebo, (3) G1: 20 mg buspirone, or
G2: 3 mg ergotamine, (4) G1: buspirone + psilocybin, or G2: ergotamine + psilocybin
5D-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 170 μg/kg body weight (G1)
(2) 170 μg/kg body weight (G2)
Kometer et al., 2012 N = 17 Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design
EEG, facial emotional recognition task, emotional Go/NoGo task
11-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 215 μg/kg body weight
Schmidt et al., 2013
(Same sample: Schmidt et al., 2012)
N = 21
(N = 20)
Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design with additional condition:
(2) S-ketamine
EEG, auditory mismatch-negativity paradigm, backward masking paradigm with facial affect discrimination
11-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 115 μg/kg body weight
Bernasconi et al., 2014 N = 30 Placebo-controlled
EEG, passive viewing of emotional face task
11-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 170 μg/kg body weight
Pokorny et al., 2017
(Subsample: Preller et al., 2016)
N = 33
(N = 21)
Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design
Multifaceted empathy test, moral dilemma task
,fMRI, Cyberball task
11-ASC Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosage:
(1) 215 μg/kg body weight
Lewis et al., 2020 N = 55 Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled, repeated measures design 11-ASC Oral administration Dosages:
(1) 160 ug/kg body weight
(2) 215 ug/kg body weight
Smigielski et al., 2020 N = 17 Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject crossover design, EEG, self-monitoring task 11-ASC Oral administration as capsules Dosage:
(1) 230 ug/kg body weight
Carbonaro et al., 2018 N = 20 Double-blind placebo-controlled within-subject design with additional conditions: (4) 400 mg/70 kg dextromethorphan
Blood pressure, heart rate, pupil diameter, circular lights, balance, repeated administration of other questionnaires
11-ASC
HRS
MEQ30
Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosages:
(1) 143 μg/kg body weight (10 mg/70 kg)
(2) 286 μg/kg body weight (20 mg/70 kg)
(3) 429 μg/kg body weight (30 mg/70 kg)
Griffiths et al., 2006 (reported in Barrett et al., 2015) N = 30 Double-blind within-subject design with additional conditions (data from unblended control condition not included): (2) 40 mg/70 kg body weight Methylphenidate
Group setting, meetings with monitor before and after sessions
HRS
MEQ30
Oral administration
Dosage:
(1) 429 μg/kg body weight (30 mg/70 kg)
Griffiths et al., 2011
(reported in Barrett et al., 2015)
N = 18 Double-blind placebo-controlled between-group crossover design Descending or ascending dosage order
Group setting, meetings with monitor before and after sessions
HRS
MEQ30
Oral administration as gelatin capsules
Dosages:
(1) 71 μg/kg body weight (5 mg/70 kg)
(2) 143 μg/kg body weight (10 mg/70 kg)
(3) 286 μg/kg body weight (20 mg/70 kg)
(4) 429 μg/kg body weight (30 mg/70 kg)
Nicholas et al., 2018 N = 12 Lying on sofa with eye-shades headphones and music
Preparation of participants with guides
Blood sample, ECG
MEQ30 Oral administration as capsules
Dosages (given in escalating order):
(1) 300 μg/kg body weight
(2) 450 μg/kg body weight
(3) 600 μg/kg body weight

EEG: electroencephalogram; ECG: electrocardiogram; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging.