Role of Dopamine on Loss Aversion Behaviour: Study on Parkinsonian Patients

NCT ID: NCT01780467

Last Updated: 2013-01-31

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-03-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Many decisions involve the possibility of gaining or losing relative to the status quo. The loss aversion behaviour is a cognitive concept explaining that people are more sensitive to the possibility of losing objects or money than they are to the possibility of gaining the same objects or amounts of money.

We hypothesised that dopamine could be involved in the loss aversion behaviour. To highlight this, we have chosen a model of dopaminergic depletion : the Parkinson's disease The primary purpose of this protocol is to study the role of dopamine in the loss aversion phenomenon by comparing brain activity in parkinsonian patient with and without treatment with L Dopa, when they are exposed to mixed (gain/loss) gambles using money.

The second purpose is to highlight the role of a dopamine depletion by comparing patient without treatment vs healthy paired control.

2 groups :

* 20 parkinsonian patients (tested two times : with and without treatment by L dopa)
* 20 healthy paired control

Description of the protocol for patients :

J0 : Inclusion visit (duration : 4h):

* motor assessment (UPDRS)
* neuropsychological and psychiatric assessment (MMS, MATTIS, BREF, Stroop, Ardouin scale, UPPS, MADRS, Hamilton, LARS).

J0+1 day and J0 +2 days : 2 visits of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) acquisition (with or without treatment) :

Each acquisition was composed by an orientation sequence+ an anatomic sequence + a functional sequence.

For healthy subjects, they have only one visit of 2 hours including a MMS, a MADRS and the MRI acquisitions.

Detailed Description

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Many decisions involve the possibility of gaining or losing relative to the status quo. The loss aversion behaviour is a cognitive concept explaining that people are more sensitive to the possibility of losing objects or money than they are to the possibility of gaining the same objects or amounts of money.

We hypothesised that dopamine could be involved in the loss aversion behaviour. To highlight this, we have chosen a model of dopaminergic depletion : the Parkinson's disease The primary purpose of this protocol is to study the role of dopamine in the loss aversion phenomenon by comparing brain activity in parkinsonian patient with and without treatment with L Dopa, when they are exposed to mixed (gain/loss) gambles using money.

The second purpose is to highlight the role of a dopamine depletion by comparing patient without treatment vs healthy paired control.

2 groups :

* 20 parkinsonian patients (tested two times : with and without treatment by L dopa)
* 20 healthy paired control

Description of the protocol for patients :

J0 : Inclusion visit (duration : 4h):

* motor assessment (UPDRS)
* neuropsychological and psychiatric assessment (MMS, MATTIS, BREF, Stroop, Ardouin scale, UPPS, MADRS, Hamilton, LARS).

J0+1 day and J0 +2 days : 2 visits of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) acquisition (with or without treatment) :

Each acquisition was composed by an orientation sequence+ an anatomic sequence + a functional sequence.

For healthy subjects, they have only one visit of 2 hours including a MMS, a MADRS and the MRI acquisitions.

Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

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Loss aversion Dopamine Parkinson's disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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patients with and without treatment by L dopa)

to study the role of dopamine in the loss aversion phenomenon by comparing brain activity in parkinsonian patient with and without treatment with L Dopa, when they are exposed to mixed (gain/loss) gambles using money.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Role of dopamine

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

healthy paired control

to highlight the role of a dopamine depletion by comparing patient without treatment vs healthy paired control.

Group Type OTHER

Role of dopamine

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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Role of dopamine

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patients :
* Men or women aged between 35 -75 years
* Patients with an idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to UKPDSBB criterias with a disease evolution duration : 5-10 years)
* With fluctuations in end of doses + morning akinesia.
* Non dement (MMS\>24 ; Mattis \> 130)
* Affiliated to National Health system
* Having given their informed consent

Healthy controls

* Men or women aged between 35 to 75 years
* Non dement (MMS\>24 )
* Affiliated to National Health system
* Having given their informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients :
* Patients suffering of an atypical Parkinson syndrome
* Psychiatric pathology
* Tremor form (≥ 3 (item tremor of UPDRS))
* Patients with Impulsive control disorders
* Depression, dementia
* Pregnant
* Under guardianship
* In excluding period for another study
* Any contra-indication to MRI

Healthy subject

* Subject with neurological, psychiatric diseases
* Depression, dementia
* Pregnant
* Under guardianship
* In excluding period for another study
* Any contra-indication to MRI
Minimum Eligible Age

35 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ulla MIGUEL

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Locations

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CHU Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Patrick LACARIN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 04 73 75 11 95

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Patrick LACARIN

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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2012-002768-28

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CHU-0139

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id