Major Depression Clinical Trial
Official title:
Use of an Innovative and Easy-to-use Tool Based on the Perception of Visual Food Stimuli for Assessing Hedonic and Motivational States in Major Depression.
Major depression is a frequent psychiatric disorder with an estimated lifetime prevalence of 16-17% in the general population. Although its pathophysiology is not completely understood, a large body of literature pleads for a causative role of disturbances in reward processes, referring to: i) the hedonic sensation (i.e. "liking") defined by the pleasure felt after exposure to appetitive stimuli, and ii) the motivation (i.e. "wanting") represented by the ability to initiate and maintain behavioral responses oriented toward appetitive stimuli. the investigators have therefore developed and tested a new experimental computer-based and easy-to-use test intended to provide an objective and quantitative measurement of both hedonic and motivational states in humans. According to the task, the subjects are asked to view and to compare two stimuli, an appetitive one (food pictures) and its devalued counterpart (food pictures in greyscale), at each trial, assessing either the size (task A) or the duration of presentation (task B). From these considerations, the present project aims at using our novel tool to: i) assess the hedonic and motivational state in subjects with major depression, ii) compare their responses with healthy volunteers. The present project should demonstrate that the behavioral tests validated in our laboratory are relevant experimental tools for the diagnostic/clinical assessment and for the phenotypic characterization of depressed patients. The application of the test in the therapeutic context could add further information about the efficacy and relevance of the chosen therapy.
Major depression is a frequent psychiatric disorder with an estimated lifetime prevalence of
16-17% in the general population. Although its pathophysiology is not completely understood,
a large body of literature pleads for a causative role of disturbances in reward processes,
referring to: i) the hedonic sensation (i.e. "liking") defined by the pleasure felt after
exposure to appetitive stimuli, and ii) the motivation (i.e. "wanting") represented by the
ability to initiate and maintain behavioral responses oriented toward appetitive stimuli.
Several methodological approaches have been used to study hedonic and motivational processes
in major depression. Some clinical investigations have tried to explore: i) taste
sensitivity, as reflective of hedonic reaction to food stimuli, and ii) time judgment, as
indicative of the degree of motivation, which is expected to be low when time is perceived
long. However, these studies suffer from serious limitations relied on the frequent
utilization of subjective assessment methods. Other authors have instead examined either: i)
the processing of emotional information using positive, negative, and neutral faces or
words, or ii) the processing of the motivational value of reinforcement, such as monetary
cues. These experimental paradigms when coupled with functional neuroimaging allow
objectively identifying the anatomo-functional correlates of the internal affective state.
However, limited availability and costly procedures characterize the use of functional
neuroimaging. the investigators have therefore developed and tested a new experimental
computer-based and easy-to-use test intended to provide an objective, implicit and
quantitative measurement of both hedonic and motivational states in humans. According to the
task, the subjects are asked to view and to compare two stimuli, an appetitive one (food
pictures; F) and its devalued counterpart (food pictures in greyscale; D), at each trial,
assessing either the size (task A) or the duration of presentation (task B). Geometric
figures are used as controls and presented in color (C) or greyscale (D) (1). Both tasks are
registered under the French agency for the protection of computer software. Here, the
investigators propose to use our novel test to: i) assess the hedonic and motivational state
in subjects suffering from major depression ii) compare their responses with healthy
volunteers. Responses to the test in depressed patients will be evaluated during two
separate experimental sessions under either fasting or satiety conditions.
The present study is expected to begin in February 2017 for a total duration of 36
consecutive months. A sample of 36 patients suffering from major depression will be
recruited and compared with 36 healthy normal volunteers. They will be matched on age and
sex. During the inclusion visit, information about the study design will be delivered before
the written inform consent is collected. Thereafter, the subjects will be screened using the
"Association pour la Méthodologie et la Documentation en Psychiatrie" (AMDP) questionnaire,
the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview and the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
for the anamnestic, diagnostic and psychometric (eating behavior) evaluations, respectively.
Dietary habits will be recorded with a specific and appropriate instrument used in the
National Program Nutrition Health.This will be associated to the assessment of: i)
depressive and anxiety symptom.
severity with the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale, the Brief Anxiety Scale,
and overall functioning with the Global Assessment of Functioning scale in depressed
patients; and, ii) neuropsychological functions including cognitive flexibility/psychomotor
speed with the Trail making Test (A-B) and visuospatial memory with the Rey-Osterreich
Figure Test. To ensure that subjects are familiar with the experimental procedure, the tasks
A and B will be explained and the first 5-10 trials will be performed. Two separate
experimental sessions will then be conducted, one in satiety and the other after a 6-hour
fasting from the breakfast, 3-4 days apart. During each session, the participants will be
asked to perform the two validated instrumental tasks in front the screen of a computer.
Visual analogue scales (VAS) assessing hunger levels will be completed before each task is
performed. A VAS will be also used for the global assessment of appetitive properties of the
viewed food images just before the end of the second experimental session. This procedure is
adopted to avoid giving to the subject specific information about the exact objectives of
the study and therefore to potentially limit biased responses to food images.
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