- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04032587
Modification of Pavlovian and Instrumental Learning in Human Addiction
January 25, 2024 updated by: Anne Beck, Charite University, Berlin, Germany
The project aims at investigating modifications of environmental factors (i.e.
cues and stress) relevant for learning mechanisms in addictive disorders.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Detailed Description
Project C02 aims at investigating modifications of environmental factors (i.e.
cues and stress) relevant for learning mechanisms in addictive disorders.
The investigators will examine non-treatment seeking subjects with alcohol use disorder (AUD; mild vs. moderate to heavy), and healthy controls with a focus on the impact of Pavlovian conditioned stimuli (context-related cues) on instrumental behavior (so-called Pavlovian-to-Instrumental transfer (PIT)) and whether the PIT effect can be systematically modified by manipulating the approach/ avoidance propensities of Pavlovian cues (work package (WP) 1).
Concerning stress as a major modulator of cue reactivity in addiction, the investigators further plan to assess whether acute, active stress reduction modifies such PIT effects (i.e.
decreasing transfer effects) as well as goal-directed vs. habitual behavior (i.e.
strengthening goal-directed decisionmaking) (WP2).
Lastly, this project aims at contributing to the understanding of the underlying neurobiological correlates of manipulation of approach/ avoidance propensities of Pavlovian cues and acute stress reduction by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (WP3) with a focus on amygdala-striatal activity (PIT) and frontostriatal processes (goaldirected decision-making).
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
80
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 Contact
- Name: Anne Beck, Dr. rer. medic.
- Phone Number: +49 30 450 517 194
- Email: anne.beck@charite.de
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Nina Romanczuk-Seiferth, Dr. rer. medic.
- Phone Number: +49 30 450 517 027
- Email: nina.seiferth@charite.de
Study Locations
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Berlin, Germany, 10117
- Dept. of Psychiatry, CCM, Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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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 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women aged 16-32 years, 33-49 years, and aged 50-65 years
- Mild, moderate to heavy alcohol-use disorder (AUD) according to DSM-5 criteria (mild: 2-3 AUD criteria; moderate: 4-5 AUD criteria; heavy: 6 or more AUD criteria); not clinically requiring detoxification (as confirmed by an independent board-certified psychiatrist); AUD patients can have mild to moderate cannabis use disorder as well as tobacco use disorder
- Ability to provide fully informed consent and to use self-rating scales
- Willingness to use an android phone
- Sufficient understanding of the German language
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lifetime history of DSM-5 bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or substance dependence other than alcohol or nicotine or cannabis dependence. Severe alcohol and cannabis use disorder will be excluded.
- Current threshold DSM-5 diagnosis of major depressive disorder, or presence of suicidal intention
- History of severe head trauma or other severe central nervous system disorder (e.g., dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis)
- Pregnancy or nursing infants
- Current use of medications or drugs known to interact with the CNS within at least four half-life post last intake
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: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Active Comparator: Healthy Controls
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Behavioral: Modified training version of the Approach / Avoidance Task (AAT, see Wiers et al., 2011)
First, a modified training version of the Approach Avoidance Task, (see Wiers et al. 2011) with arbitrary Pavlovian cues will be developed and the effectiveness of this manipulation will be assessed.
In detail, positive as well as negative Pavlovian cues (derived from a Pavlovian-to-Instrumental transfer Task, see Garbusow et al. 2014, Garbusow et al. 2016) will be modified according to their approach/ avoidance propensities by 1) approaching negative stimuli (pulling joystick), 2) approaching positive stimuli (pulling joystick), 3) avoiding negative stimuli (pushing joystick) and 4) avoiding positive stimuli (pushing joystick).
Thus, we aim at reversing the PIT effect (pushing positive cues/ pulling negative cues) or enhancing the PIT effect (pulling positive cues/ pushing negative cues).
Acute stress reduction will be applied in a standardized way using audio files with an anticipated duration of 20-30 minutes.
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Experimental: Non-treatment seeking subjects with Alcohol Use Disorder
AUD; mild vs. moderate to heavy
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Behavioral: Modified training version of the Approach / Avoidance Task (AAT, see Wiers et al., 2011)
First, a modified training version of the Approach Avoidance Task, (see Wiers et al. 2011) with arbitrary Pavlovian cues will be developed and the effectiveness of this manipulation will be assessed.
In detail, positive as well as negative Pavlovian cues (derived from a Pavlovian-to-Instrumental transfer Task, see Garbusow et al. 2014, Garbusow et al. 2016) will be modified according to their approach/ avoidance propensities by 1) approaching negative stimuli (pulling joystick), 2) approaching positive stimuli (pulling joystick), 3) avoiding negative stimuli (pushing joystick) and 4) avoiding positive stimuli (pushing joystick).
Thus, we aim at reversing the PIT effect (pushing positive cues/ pulling negative cues) or enhancing the PIT effect (pulling positive cues/ pushing negative cues).
Acute stress reduction will be applied in a standardized way using audio files with an anticipated duration of 20-30 minutes.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Blood Oxygen Level Dependent especially within the ventral striatum and the amygdala (fMRI)
Time Frame: 2 consecutive days
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2 consecutive days
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Rate of Pavlovian-to-instrumental-Transfer (instrumental responding, i.e.number of button presses, in dependence of Pavlovian Stimuli)
Time Frame: 2 consecutive days
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2 consecutive days
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Rate of goal-directed decision-making/habitual decision making
Time Frame: 2 consecutive days
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2 consecutive days
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Publications and helpful links
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General Publications
- Seo S, Mohr J, Beck A, Wustenberg T, Heinz A, Obermayer K. Predicting the future relapse of alcohol-dependent patients from structural and functional brain images. Addict Biol. 2015 Nov;20(6):1042-55. doi: 10.1111/adb.12302. Epub 2015 Oct 4.
- Beck A, Schlagenhauf F, Wustenberg T, Hein J, Kienast T, Kahnt T, Schmack K, Hagele C, Knutson B, Heinz A, Wrase J. Ventral striatal activation during reward anticipation correlates with impulsivity in alcoholics. Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 15;66(8):734-42. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.035. Epub 2009 Jun 27.
- Friedel E, Schlagenhauf F, Beck A, Dolan RJ, Huys QJ, Rapp MA, Heinz A. The effects of life stress and neural learning signals on fluid intelligence. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2015 Feb;265(1):35-43. doi: 10.1007/s00406-014-0519-3. Epub 2014 Aug 21.
- Beck A, Wustenberg T, Genauck A, Wrase J, Schlagenhauf F, Smolka MN, Mann K, Heinz A. Effect of brain structure, brain function, and brain connectivity on relapse in alcohol-dependent patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;69(8):842-52. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.2026.
- Beck A, Pelz P, Lorenz RC, Charlet K, Geisel O, Heinz A, Wustenberg T, Muller CA. Effects of high-dose baclofen on cue reactivity in alcohol dependence: A randomized, placebo-controlled pharmaco-fMRI study. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2018 Nov;28(11):1206-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.507. Epub 2018 Sep 11.
- Beylergil SB, Beck A, Deserno L, Lorenz RC, Rapp MA, Schlagenhauf F, Heinz A, Obermayer K. Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex contributes to the impaired behavioral adaptation in alcohol dependence. Neuroimage Clin. 2017 Apr 17;15:80-94. doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2017.04.010. eCollection 2017.
- Genauck A, Quester S, Wustenberg T, Morsen C, Heinz A, Romanczuk-Seiferth N. Reduced loss aversion in pathological gambling and alcohol dependence is associated with differential alterations in amygdala and prefrontal functioning. Sci Rep. 2017 Nov 24;7(1):16306. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-16433-y.
- Koehler S, Ovadia-Caro S, van der Meer E, Villringer A, Heinz A, Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Margulies DS. Increased functional connectivity between prefrontal cortex and reward system in pathological gambling. PLoS One. 2013 Dec 19;8(12):e84565. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084565. eCollection 2013. Erratum In: PLoS One. 2015;10(7):e0134179.
- Koehler S, Hasselmann E, Wustenberg T, Heinz A, Romanczuk-Seiferth N. Higher volume of ventral striatum and right prefrontal cortex in pathological gambling. Brain Struct Funct. 2015 Jan;220(1):469-77. doi: 10.1007/s00429-013-0668-6. Epub 2013 Nov 16.
- Romanczuk-Seiferth N, Koehler S, Dreesen C, Wustenberg T, Heinz A. Pathological gambling and alcohol dependence: neural disturbances in reward and loss avoidance processing. Addict Biol. 2015 May;20(3):557-69. doi: 10.1111/adb.12144. Epub 2014 Apr 22.
Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
October 1, 2019
Primary Completion (Actual)
June 30, 2023
Study Completion (Actual)
June 30, 2023
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
July 18, 2019
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
July 23, 2019
First Posted (Actual)
July 25, 2019
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
January 26, 2024
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
January 25, 2024
Last Verified
January 1, 2024
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- TRR265 C02
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
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