Decision-Making in Bipolar Disorder

May 2, 2017 updated by: Boadie W. Dunlop, Emory University

Forty subjects with bipolar disorder who are not receiving a mood-stabilizing medication for the treatment of their illness will participate in this study. The study aims to evaluate how decision-making is affected by treatment for bipolar disorder. Prior to beginning treatment, patients will complete questionnaires and a one-hour computer-administered assessment of decision-making. Differences between pre-post decision-making outcomes will be evaluated to examine whether the neuroeconomic concepts of risk aversion, loss aversion, risk tolerance and delay discounting are affected by treatment.

The overall goal of this study will be to identify whether decision-making in people with bipolar disorder is affected by treatment. Specifically the investigators will compare decision-making characteristics among bipolar patients prior to treatment with how these decision-making characteristics change over the course of 6 weeks of standard medication therapy for bipolar disorder. A total of 6 decision-making tasks and one control task will be administered via computer to eligible subjects. The investigators will evaluate decision-making under varying conditions of reward, risk, and uncertainty and over time. The investigators hypothesize that decision-making will improve across these assessments after 6 weeks of treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participation in this study will require three study visits over 6 weeks. Subjects will be evaluated with the Structured Diagnostic Interview for DSM-IV to confirm diagnosis. They will also be administered the Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Rating Scales. Eligible subjects will then complete questionnaires related to their symptoms as well as decision-making and risk-taking, including: the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Flinders Decision-making questionnaire. The Montgomery-Asburg Depression Severity scale to assess changes in depression symptom severity and the Young Mania Rating Scale to assess changes in manic symptom severity, will be conducted at screening, baseline, and endpoint. Patients will also be given the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire at baseline visit, to assess for a history of childhood trauma. The subjects will then complete the computer-generated decision-making tasks. Upon completion, the study physician will initiate standard-of-care treatment with a mood stabilizer (either lithium, valproate, or lamotrigine). Standard-of-care laboratory testing and psychiatric follow-up will be performed during the patient's study participation. After six weeks of treatment with a mood stabilizer, patients will again complete the decision-making computerized assessment.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

37

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Georgia
      • Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30306
        • Emory University Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Male or female, age 18-65
  2. Primary DSM-IV TR Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, type I, II or NOS.
  3. Ability to visually read and understand English language
  4. Not currently taking any mood stabilizer or antipsychotic medication.
  5. Women of reproductive potential must be willing to take a medically approved form of birth control throughout the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Meet criteria for substance abuse or dependence within three months of the screening visit.
  2. Presents with a clinically significant suicide risk, as assessed by a study physician.
  3. Presence of any unstable or central nervous system-related medical illness that would interfere with cognition or participation.
  4. Women who are currently pregnant or lactating, or plan to become pregnant during the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Mood stabilizer
Participants diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder will receive standard of care open-label treatment with a mood stabilizer for six weeks.
Drug: Lithium
Open label treatment per standard of care for bipolar disorder for six weeks.
Other Names:
  • Eskalith
Drug: Valproate
Open label treatment per standard of care for bipolar disorder for six weeks.
Other Names:
  • Depakote
  • Valproic Acid
Drug: Lamotrigine
Open label treatment per standard of care for bipolar disorder for six weeks.
Other Names:
  • Lamictal

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Vigilance Assessed by the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6
The MDMQ is a 22-item self report form assessing four different styles of decision making. Vigilance is considered the healthy, adaptive, decision-making style, reflecting consideration of an array of outcomes and ultimately rational decision-making. Scores range from 0-12. A higher score indicates that vigilance is used more frequently during decision making. A higher score indicates healthier decision making.
Baseline, Week 6
Change in Hypervigilance Assessed by the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6
The MDMQ is a 22-item self report form assessing four different styles of decision making. Hypervigilance is marked by hurried, anxious decision-making. Scores range from 0-10. A higher score indicates a "worse" score and that a hyper-vigilant decision making style is used more frequently.
Baseline, Week 6
Change in Buckpassing Assessed by the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6
The MDMQ is a 22-item self report form assessing four different styles of decision making. The buckpassing decision-making style represents a tendency to leave decisions to others. Scores range from 0-12. A higher score indicates that the buckpassing decision-making style is used more frequently and represents a "worse" score.
Baseline, Week 6
Change in Procrastination Assessed by the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (MDMQ)
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6
The MDMQ is a 22-item self report form assessing four different styles of decision making. The procrastination decision-making style involves putting off making decisions. Scores range from 0-10. A higher score indicates that the procrastination decision-making style is used more and is considered a "worse" score.
Baseline, Week 6

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mean Difference in Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Version 11 (BIS-11) Score
Time Frame: Baseline, Week 6
The BIS-11 is a 30 item self-report questionnaire, used to assess three factors of impulsivity: 1). attentional impulsiveness, reflecting a difficulty concentrating or tolerating cognitive complexity, 2). motor impulsiveness, reflecting a tendency to act before thinking, and 3). non-planing impulsiveness, reflecting a lack of forethought about potential consequences. Items are scored on a 4-point scale: Rarely/Never = 1 Occasionally = 2 Often = 3 Almost Always/Always = 4. Attentional impulsivity scores range from 8-32. Motor impulsivity scores range from 11-44. Non-planning impulsivity scores range from 11-44. Total BIS-11 scores range from 30-120. A higher score reflects higher impulsivity across all sub-types.
Baseline, Week 6

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Emory University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2011

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 2, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 28, 2011

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

November 1, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

May 31, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2017

Last Verified

May 1, 2017

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00050442
  • BDDM (OTHER: Other)

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