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Study NCT ID: NCT06561828
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: None
First Post: 2024-08-17

Brief Title: Developing Transcranial Neuromodulation Protocols for Learning and Decision-Making
Sponsor: None
Organization: None

Study Overview

Official Title: Developing Transcranial Neuromodulation Protocols for Learning and Decision-Making
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-10-18
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: No
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Background

People with substance use disorder SUD often have changes in brain function that can make it difficult to control drug-seeking behavior These changes may heighten the urge to use drugs or lessen the desire to seek nondrug-related rewards Researchers want to know how a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation TMS may cause changes in brain activity that may help people with SUD

Objective

To test TMS in healthy volunteers

Eligibility

Healthy people aged 18 to 45 years who are right-handed

Design

Participants can volunteer for up to 5 different experiments Each experiment requires 2 to 8 clinic visits Each visit will last 3 to 7 hours

Some visits will include TMS A coil will be placed on the participant s head A brief electrical current will pass through the coil to create a magnetic field Participants may feel a tapping or pulling sensation on the skin under the coil They may feel a twitch in their face neck arm or leg muscles Participants may be asked to tense certain muscles during TMS

Some visits will include functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI scans Participants will lie on a bed that slides into a large tube They will perform tasks on a computer inside the tube The fMRI will show which parts of the brain are used during each task

Participants will perform tasks on a computer Some tasks may be done at a desk as well as during TMS and fMRI Participants may look at images listen to sounds smell odors or taste flavored liquids Their vital signs may be monitored and their eye movements may be tracked during tasks
Detailed Description: Study Description

Learning and decision-making are critical for adaptive behavior and survival Treating maladaptive behaviors in neuropsychiatric conditions such substance use disorder requires knowledge about the causal neural mechanisms supporting these functions as well as ways to modulate them The goal of the current study is to develop and validate neuromodulation protocols that target specific cognitive functions involved in learning and decision making

Objectives

The primary objective is to develop and validate non-invasive neuromodulation protocols that target specific cognitive functions related to learning and decision making and modulate activity in associated brain networks

Endpoints

The primary endpoints are to determine if the developed neuromodulation protocols reliably modulate specific cognitive functions and whether they modulate activity in the targeted brain networks

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None