Brain Mechanisms of Pharmacotherapy in Opioid Use Disorder

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will investigate the mechanisms of cognitive-behavioral response to medications used for relapse prevention in opioid use disorder (opioid addiction, OUD), through investigation of the neural circuits underlying key cognition functions. The study will use previously validated cognitive probes, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), and novel extended-release injectable preparations of opioid partial agonist buprenorphine and antagonist naltrexone, in OUD patients to explain the individual heterogeneity of OUD treatment response.

Clinical Trial Description

This proposal seeks to identify the neural circuits underlying the cognitive effects of medication assisted therapy (MAT) for OUD. The study will examine the neurocognitive effects of MAT by comparing two preparations with different pharmacodynamic properties (extended release buprenorphine and naltrexone, XRBUP, XRNTX) in three key domains (incentive salience, executive functioning, and emotion processing) using task functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). In the 1st phase of the study, forty treatment-seeking OUD patients will be randomized to XRNTX or XRBUP groups after detoxification. Participants will undergo medication induction followed by monthly injections and urine toxicology monitoring for 120 days. Neuroimaging will follow completion of detoxification (pre-treatment) and 15 days after the second injection (on-treatment). The second study phase will extend the paradigm to an independent sample of 160 additional participants and test the explanatory value of MAT-induced changes in the neuroimaging signal in the classification of OUD treatment outcomes. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT04454411
Study type	Interventional
Source	University of Pennsylvania
Contact	Daniel Langleben, M.D.
Phone	215-746-0107
Email	langlebe@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Status	Not yet recruiting
Phase	Phase 2
Start date	February 1, 2025
Completion date	January 1, 2027

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