RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT02108054

Behavioral and Functional Task Development, Implementation, and Testing


Sponsor

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Enrollment

400 participants

Start Date

May 28, 2014

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

Background: \- Scientists know that alcohol use disorders affect brain structure. They want to know more about the effects of alcohol use disorders on a person s behavior. They want to develop tasks that can be done inside a scanner that can help them better understand these effects in later studies. Objective: \- To develop tasks that investigate a person s behavior that can be used in later studies. Eligibility: * Inpatient participants of another study. They must be physically healthy right-handed adults 18-60 years old. * Healthy right-handed volunteers 18-65 years old. Design: * Participants will be screened with medical history and physical exam. They will have an EKG to record heart activity. They will give blood and urine samples and have a psychiatric interview. * Participants will have between one and three visits. * Participants will be asked about their alcohol drinking to see if they have an alcohol use disorder. * Participants will complete one of three simple computerized tasks either inside the magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scanner or outside of it. * The MRI scanner takes pictures of the brain. The scanner is a metal cylinder. Participants lie on a table that can slide in and out of the cylinder. They will be in the scanner for about 60 minutes. They may have to lie still for up to 20 minutes. The scanner makes loud knocking noises, but they will get earplugs.


Eligibility

Min Age: 18 YearsMax Age: 65 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study develops and tests behavioral tasks and brain imaging tasks to better understand how alcohol affects the brain. Participants complete behavioral tests and, for some, MRI brain scans while performing tasks. The goal is to create reliable tools for studying the neurological effects of alcohol use. You may be eligible if: - You are between 18 and 65 years old - You have been pre-screened and found eligible for an NIAAA study You may NOT be eligible if: - You do not pass a neuromotor (movement/coordination) examination - You are currently taking psychotropic medication - You have alcohol withdrawal symptoms (CIWA score > 8, for inpatients only) - You have ferromagnetic metal implants in your body (pacemakers, aneurysm clips, prosthetics, permanent eyeliner) — for the MRI portion - You are pregnant - You are left-handed - You experience claustrophobia Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

DEVICE7T MRI

Modifying, refining, and verifying the feasibility and applicability of tasks for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure intended concomitant brain activation


Locations(1)

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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