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N-acetylcysteine in the Treatment of Depressive Symptoms in Bipolar Offspring

Not Applicable
Conditions
Depression
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT02865629
Lead Sponsor
University of Cincinnati
Brief Summary

N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of depressive symptoms in youth at high-risk for bipolar disorder: a functional connectivity study

Detailed Description

To conduct an 8-week, open label study of N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of depressive symptoms in youth at high risk for bipolar disorder, with resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) examinations at baseline and endpoint. This proposal is innovative because it investigates the efficacy and tolerability of a novel pharmacological treatment in youth offspring of bipolar disorder, and examines the neurophysiology of predictors of mood disorders in youth at high risk for bipolar disorder. This study will obtain pilot data to propose a larger, neuroimaging-based, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine in youth at high risk for bipolar disorder. The expected outcome, that N-acetylcysteine will be efficacious in ameliorating depressive symptoms in youth at high risk for bipolar disorder, and that it will demonstrate improvement in functional connectivity within the left frontostriatal circuit associated with treatment response.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
22
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
N-acetyl cysteineN-acetyl cysteineFollowing the screening and review of all laboratory studies, patients will be scheduled to receive N-acetylcysteine.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) scoresBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

The primary outcome will be change in depressive symptoms, as measured by HAMD scores, from baseline to endpoint.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) scoresBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

A secondary outcome will be change in manic symptom, measured by YMRS scores, from baseline to endpoint.

Clinical Global Impression of Severity (CGI-S) scoresBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

A secondary outcome will be change in subjects' overall clinical condition, as measured by CGI-S scores, from baseline to endpoint.

Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) scores to measure anxiety symptomsBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

A secondary outcome will be change anxiety symptoms, as measured by HAM-A scores, from baseline to endpoint.

Correlation between change in depressive symptoms and change in connectivity indexBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

A secondary outcome will be correlation between changes in depressive symptoms and changes in functional connectivity, as measured by the connectivity index, between the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and left striatum from baseline to endpoint. The connectivity index is defined as the temporal bivariate correlations between fMRI signal fluctuations in the 2 regions of interest.

Connectivity index, as defined by the temporal bivariate correlation between fMRI signal fluctuations in the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the left striatumBaseline to endpoint (8 weeks)

A secondary outcome will be change in functional connectivity, as measured by the connectivity index, between the left ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the left striatum from baseline to endpoint. The connectivity index is defined as the temporal bivariate correlation between fMRI signal fluctuations in the 2 regions of interest.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Cincinnati, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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