RECRUITING

Craving & Decision-Making

Study Overview

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Description

Craving is the strong desire for something, such as for substances in drug addiction and food or other activities in everyday life. Recent work suggests craving can influence how people make decisions and assign value to choice options available to them, yet the neural mechanisms underlying these interactions between craving and valuation remain unknown. To address this, this study uses cognitive decision-making tasks that measure how much individuals will pay (from a study endowment) to have everyday consumer items or snack foods when they crave something specific (opioids or a specific snack, respectively). First, the study will identify the neural mechanisms for how drug craving (craving for opioids) interacts with valuation for consumer items that have associations with drug use or not in people receiving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). This will be evaluated in the activity patterns and interactions among brain regions involved in craving and value assignment during decision-making. Then, the study will examine for parallel mechanisms for how food craving (craving for a specific snack) interacts with valuation for snack food items that have similar features to the craved snack or not in people receiving treatment for OUD and non-psychiatric community control participants.

Official Title

Decision Neuroscience of Craving

Quick Facts

Study Start:2024-06-18
Study Completion:2026-12
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT06440577

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:18 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * At least 18 years of age
  2. * Willingness to follow study requirements, as evidenced by an ability to provide written informed consent and read, understand, and complete the study procedures
  3. * Minimum of 6th grade reading level
  4. * Primary diagnosis of OUD encompassing heroin and/or painkiller use
  5. * Receiving medications for OUD treatment on an outpatient basis
  6. * At least 12-month history of opioid use
  1. * Unable to speak or read English
  2. * Active psychosis or mania
  3. * Current or past schizophrenia diagnosis
  4. * History of intellectual disability or developmental or neurological disorder, seizures or epilepsy, or loss consciousness lasting more than 30 minutes
  5. * Severe medical conditions requiring hospitalization or that, in the opinion of the study staff could compromise study participation
  6. * MRI contraindications (claustrophobia, nonremovable piercings, certain metal in the body etc.) or pregnancy
  7. * Positive urine drug screen
  8. * Current or past problematic substance use other than nicotine, and alcohol abuse confined to college or military service
  9. * Current or past bipolar disorder diagnosis
  10. * Use of central nervous system medications within the past 6 weeks (e.g., antidepressants, Ritalin)

Contacts and Locations

Study Contact

Anna Konova, PhD
CONTACT
732-235-4335
anna.konova@rutgers.edu

Principal Investigator

Anna Konova, PhD
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Study Locations (Sites)

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  • Anna Konova, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2024-06-18
Study Completion Date2026-12

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2024-06-18
Study Completion Date2026-12

Terms related to this study

Keywords Provided by Researchers

  • Craving
  • Decision Making
  • Opioid Use Disorder
  • Dietary Choice

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Decision Making