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Clinical Trials/DRKS00024515
DRKS00024515RecruitingNot Applicable

Chronic Opioid use on Brain and Behaviour - COBB

niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf0 sites138 target enrollmentStarted: February 19, 2021Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
138

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Observational

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
20 Years to 60 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1) Diagnosis of opioid use disorder (moderate-severe), or 2) Diagnosis of noncancer pain syndrome treated with opioids, or 3) Good mental and physical health, no prior experience with opioids.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion criteria FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS:
  • 1) A personal history of a sever psychiatric, neurological or neurodevelopmental disorder,
  • 2) A history of a head or brain trauma,
  • 3) Personal history of regular stimulant drug use (for medical or non-medical purposes)
  • 4) Contraindication to MRI scanning (e.g. stents, pace-maker, dental braces, claustrophobia),
  • 5) Severe physical impairments affecting eyesight or motor performance,
  • 6) Any serious medical disorder or condition that would in the investigator’s opinion preclude participation in the study,
  • 7) Acute alcohol intoxication (verified by alcohol breath test),
  • 8) Current pregnancy,
  • 9) Insufficient proficiency of German to provide informed consent and to understand task instructions.
  • Additional exclusion criteria FOR CONTROL PARTICIPANTS:
  • 1) Personal or family history of substance use disorder
  • 2) Personal history of chronic pain
  • 3) Drug-positive urine screen on the day of testing/scanning
  • 4) Harmful alcohol use (AUDIT > 8)
  • 5) Harmful cannabis use (CUDIT-R > 13)
  • 6) Subclinical levels of depression (DASS-21 > 13)
  • 7) Subclinical levels of anxiety (DASS-21 > 9)
  • 8) Involvement in a Clinical Trial of an investigational drug within the last 3 months.
  • 9) Current psychoactive medication
  • Additional exclusion criteria FOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN:
  • 1) Signs of opioid misuse
  • 2) Personal or family history of substance use disorder
  • 3) Harmful alcohol use (AUDIT > 8)
  • 4) A drug-positive urine screen (except morphine or cannabis) on the day of testing/scanning.
  • Additional exclusion criteria FOR PATIENTS WITH OPIATE USE DISORDER:
  • 1) A history of addiction to stimulant drugs or regular stimulant drug use (e.g. amphetamines, methamphetamine, cocaine, crack-cocaine, synthetic stimulants).

Investigators

Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

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