Paired Associative Stimulation in Methamphetamine Addiction

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• Conditions: Methamphetamine-dependence
• Interventions: Device: MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)

• Registration Number: NCT03910608
• Lead Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center

Brief Summary

The investigators use paired associative stimulation (PAS) protocols to target cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical networks to study cognitive deficits in methamphetamine addiction.

Detailed Description

Paired associative stimulation (PAS) is a form of transcranial magnetic stimulation in which paired pulses can induce plasticity at cortical synapses, producing long-term potentiation (LTP) or long-term depression (LTD) effect. The investigators use paired associative stimulation (PAS) protocols to target cortico-cortical and cortico-subcortical networks (frontoparietal control pathway) by using different intervals between the paired pulses to explore the mechanism of cognitive deficits in methamphetamine addiction. The investigators hypothesize that different temporal sequences of cortical stimulation could produce facilitation or inhibition effect.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-09
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-10
• Study Start: 2019-05-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-31
• Status Verified: 2021-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-09-13
• Last Update Posted: 2021-09-14
• Study Completion: 2022-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• In accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 (DSM-5) for methamphetamine (MA) use disorders
• Junior high school degree or above
• Normal vision and hearing
• Dextromanual

Exclusion Criteria

• Have a disease that affect cognitive function such as history of head injury, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, etc
• Have cognitive-promoting drugs in the last 6 months
• Other substance abuse or dependence in recent five years (except nicotine)
• Mental impairment, Intelligence Quotient (IQ) < 70
• Mental disorders
• Physical disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IPL+10 DLPFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of IPL 10 ms before DLPFC presumes that the IPL to DLPFC input inhibits insula postsynaptic output activity, thereby impairing cognition response via a long term depression-like effect.
DLPFC+4 MPFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of DLPFC 4 ms before medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) presumes that the DLPFC input facilitates MPFC postsynaptic output activity, thereby improving cognition response via a long term potentiation-like effect.
DLPFC+10 IPL	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) 10 ms before inferior parietal lobule (IPL) presumes that the DLPFC to IPL input facilitates insula postsynaptic output activity, thereby improving cognition response via a long term potentiation-like effect.
IPL+4 DPLFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of IPL 4 ms before DLPFC is presumed to be too brief for a corticocortical effect but presumes that the DLPFC input to insula inhibits insula postsynaptic output by weakening the IPL to insula input, thereby impairing cognition response.
DLPFC+4 IPL	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of DLPFC 4 ms before IPL is presumed to be too brief for a corticocortical effect but presumes that the DLPFC input to insula potentiates insula postsynaptic output by strengthening the IPL to insula input, thereby improving cognition response.
MPFC+4 DLPFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of MPFC 4 ms before DLPFC presumes that the DLPFC input inhibits MPFC postsynaptic output activity, thereby impairing cognition response via a long term depression-like effect.
DLPFC+10 MPFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of DLPFC 10 ms before medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) presumes that the DLPFC input facilitates MPFC postsynaptic output activity, thereby improving cognition response via a long term potentiation-like effect.
MPFC+10 DLPFC	MagPro X100 device (MagVenture, Farum, Denmark)	Stimulation of MPFC 10 ms before DLPFC presumes that the DLPFC input inhibits MPFC postsynaptic output activity, thereby impairing cognition response via a long term depression-like effect.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of working memory	30 minutes	The N-Back is a working memory task where the subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli (letters). The task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from n steps earlier in the sequence.
Change of response inhibition	30 minutes	Response inhibition was assessed with the SST (Cambridge Cognition, Cambridge, UK). The subject responded to an arrow (go signal), pointing either right or left, by pressing one of two buttons with the right or left index finger. If an audio tone (stop signal) was present, the subject needed to withhold the response.
Change of attention bias	30 minutes	During the dot-probe task, participants are situated in front of a computer screen with their chin securely placed on a chin rest. Participants are asked to stare at a fixation cross on the center of the screen. Two stimuli, one of which is neutral and one of which is threatening, appear randomly on either side of the screen. The stimuli are presented for a predetermined length of time (most commonly 500ms), before a dot is presented in the location of one former stimulus. Participants are instructed to indicate the location of this dot as quickly as possible, either via keyboard or response box.
Change of risk decision	30 minutes	The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) is a computerized measure of risk taking behavior. In the task, the participant is presented with a balloon and offered the chance to earn money by pumping the balloon up by clicking a button. Each click causes the balloon to incrementally inflate and money to be added to a counter up until some threshold, at which point the balloon is over inflated and explodes.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of resting motor threshold	30 minutes	Single-pulse TMS will be used to evoke a motor response that is recorded using electromyography (EMG). The lowest stimulator output needed to elicit a consistent response will be recorded.
Change of eeg oscillatory (Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta)	30 minutes	EEG was recorded to evaluate the changes in the oscillatory domain before and after the stimulation.
Change of eeg functional connectivity (Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta)	30 minutes	EEG was recorded to evaluate the changes of functional connectivity before and after the stimulation.
Change of motor evoked potential	30 minutes	Single-pulse TMS will be used to evoke a motor response that is recorded using electromyography (EMG). The peak-to-peak amplitude of the EMG response will be measured.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Haifeng Jiang; 🇨🇳 Shanghai, Shanghai, China