Transdiagnostic Cognitive Biomarkers

Depression Clinical Trial

Official title:

Transdiagnostic Cognitive Biomarkers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04864080
• Other study ID #: NEUR-2020-29420
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 11, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: University of Minnesota
• Contact: David Darrow
• Phone: (612) 624-6666
• Email: hdlab[@]umn.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of identifying transdiagnostic biomarkers of cognitive function mediated by neuromodulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex that are translatable across disease groups in order to more accurately phenotype clusters of cognitive dysfunction. Completing behavioral paradigms with electrophysiology and TMS is a challenging frontier. This study focuses on the feasibility of such an endeavor for those with chronic pain or depression as well as healthy controls.

Description:

This study aims to test the feasibility of procedures aimed at discovering transdiagnostic biomarkers for cognitive impairment in chronic pain and depression. Fifteen healthy control participants and 15 participants from each disease group (chronic pain, depression) will be recruited. Using a task-based fmri, TMS will be targeted for priming of the Left DLPFC. EEG will be used during our behavioral paradigm to compare changes in DLPFC function before and after primed TMS.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Arm 1, healthy controls:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have access to the online study platform.

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 18, non-English speaking Arm 2: pain and depression:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pain or depression

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant women

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Pain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Computer game/task
N-back, COGED, PacMan game, Bandit task, Websurf task.
• Health surveys online
Health surveys to study themes like pain, sleep, depression and anxiety, and PTSD.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis	Minnesota

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Minnesota

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (12)

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Schicktanz N, Fastenrath M, Milnik A, Spalek K, Auschra B, Nyffeler T, Papassotiropoulos A, de Quervain DJ, Schwegler K. Continuous theta burst stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex decreases medium load working memory performance in healthy humans. PLoS One. 2015 Mar 17;10(3):e0120640. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120640. eCollection 2015. Erratum In: PLoS One. 2016;11(1):e0146737. — View Citation

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Vekony T, Nemeth VL, Holczer A, Kocsis K, Kincses ZT, Vecsei L, Must A. Continuous theta-burst stimulation over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex inhibits improvement on a working memory task. Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 4;8(1):14835. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-33187-3. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility for all aspects of the study	Feasibility; the overall objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of identifying transdiagnostic biomarkers of cognitive function mediated by neuromodulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex that are translatable across disease groups in order to more accurately phenotype clusters of cognitive dysfunction. Completing behavioral paradigms with electrophysiology and TMS is a challenging frontier. This study focuses on the feasibility of such an endeavor for those with chronic pain or depression as well as healthy controls.	1-7 days
Secondary	Acceptability	Sum total of acceptability rating scale of study procedures.	1-7 days