Role of Pavlovian Mechanisms for Control Over Substance Use

RecruitingOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 5, 2024

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2027

Study Completion Date

June 30, 2027

Conditions
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)AlcoholismSubstance Use DisordersCannabis Use DisorderMethamphetamine-dependenceAmphetamine Use DisorderCocaine Use Disorder
Interventions
BIOLOGICAL

fMRI imaging (BOLD)

Will be used to investigate neural correlates of Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT) effects by measuring the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) response of neural activation in the mesolimbic system.

BIOLOGICAL

sMRI (structure)

Will be used to investigate neural correlates of PIT effects by identifying abnormalities in cortical gray and white matter volume.

BEHAVIORAL

Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer (PIT) paradigm

"The paradigm consists of four parts:~In the first part, an instrumental learning task is completed in which subjects must learn which stimuli require a response and which do not. In the second part, a classical (Pavlovian) conditioning task is then completed in which subjects learn by passive viewing which stimuli are associated with certain amounts of money. The third part measures to which instrumental responses (learned in Part 1) are modulated by the presentation of the classically conditioned stimuli (learned in Part 2). At the same time drug-associated stimuli are presented in the background measuring to which extent they conflict with the learned instrumental behavior. In the last part, query trials are implemented in which the participants have to choose between two pictures to assess the relative cue value."

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Basic psychological assessment (interview)

"* Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)~* Quantity Frequency: Alcohol, Cannabis, (Meth-) Amphetamine, Cocaine)~* SCID: AUD and SUD (Cannabis, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine, Cocaine) criteria and last year \& depressive symptoms \& symptoms for Mania and psychotic disorder (acute and lifetime) MiniDIPS psychotic disorders"

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Basic psychological assessment (questionnaires)

"* Sociodemographics~* Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI)~* Fagerström Test for Nicotine depend (FTND)~* Barratt Impulsiveness Scale - Kurzversion (BIS-15)~* Allgemeine Depressionsskala (ADS)~* State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI-T and STAI-S)~* Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)~* Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)~* CAS -A (Alkohol)~* Cannabis Use Disorders Identification Test (CUDIT)~* Fragebogen zu Gedanken und Gefühle 14 Items (FGG-14)~* Fragebogen zur Sozialen Unterstützung (F-SozU-K14)~* Trierer Inventar zum chronischen Stress (TICS)~* Oslo 3-Items-Social-Support Scale (Oslo-3)~* Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)~* International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ)~* Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)"

BEHAVIORAL

Neuropsychological tests

"* Digit-Symbol-Test (DST)~* Digit Span Task~* Value-based decision-making task (VBDM)"

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

RECRUITING

Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

OTHER

collaborator

Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim

OTHER

lead

Technische Universität Dresden

OTHER