Neurobehavioral Signatures of Sign- and Goal-Tracking in Emerging Adults: Translation of a Preclinical Model

NCT ID: NCT07094061

Last Updated: 2025-10-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

294 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-10-03

Study Completion Date

2027-10-31

Brief Summary

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This study seeks to understand individual differences in personality, brain function, and behavior.

Study hypothesis:

\- A stronger sign-tracking bias will be associated with a bottom-up processing style characterized by less adaptive attentional- and impulse-control as well as hyperactive reward processing, whereas a stronger goal-tracking bias will be associated with a top-down processing style characterized by strong attentional- and impulse-control as well as normative reward processing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Substance Use Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

This is a longitudinal, repeated-measures, naturalistic study that will take place at the University of Michigan.
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Assessment group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

fMRI

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants will have an MRI to scan participants brains and will wear skin conductance electrodes on the hand and fill out questionnaires. Scanning will take approximately 90 minutes. While lying in the scanner, participants will be asked to perform some tasks. The tasks will be presented to participants visually on a screen in the scanner and eye movements will also be tracked during some of these tasks. Participants will respond to stimuli with button presses that are recorded by computer.

Questionnaires and surveys

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will have multiple visits during this study and fill out various surveys at these visits.

Behavioral tasks and eye tracking

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will perform behavioral tasks while having eye-tracking hardware monitor participants eye movements. A video camera will be used to record eye movements during the behavioral tasks.

Interventions

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fMRI

Participants will have an MRI to scan participants brains and will wear skin conductance electrodes on the hand and fill out questionnaires. Scanning will take approximately 90 minutes. While lying in the scanner, participants will be asked to perform some tasks. The tasks will be presented to participants visually on a screen in the scanner and eye movements will also be tracked during some of these tasks. Participants will respond to stimuli with button presses that are recorded by computer.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Questionnaires and surveys

Participants will have multiple visits during this study and fill out various surveys at these visits.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral tasks and eye tracking

Participants will perform behavioral tasks while having eye-tracking hardware monitor participants eye movements. A video camera will be used to record eye movements during the behavioral tasks.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-20 years old at baseline
* Right-handed
* Medically/physically able to give informed consent
* English-speaking
* Substance use is free to vary, but for participants with a history of substance use, ≥ 1 use of cannabis (including less than a full dose)

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute or chronic medical or neurological illness (e.g., diabetes, epilepsy, migraine)
* History of psychosis in self or first-degree relative
* Current treatment for substance use disorder
* Current or past 6-month treatment with centrally acting medications (not including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication)
* Intelligence quotient (IQ) \< 70
* Lifetime history of head trauma with loss of consciousness \> 5 minutes
* Reliance on glasses to be able to read small text at a distance of approximately 30 inches
* Colorblindness
* MRI contraindication (e.g., pregnancy, metal implants, claustrophobia) per protocol
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

20 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lora Cope

Assistant Professor Psychiatry

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lora Cope, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

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Rachel Upjohn Building

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Paul Holdefer, MPH

Role: CONTACT

734-998-9239

Facility Contacts

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Loree Brennan O'Jack, CPA, MHSA

Role: primary

734-232-0227

Paul Holdefer, MPH

Role: primary

734-998-9239

Other Identifiers

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R01DA058010

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

HUM00269332

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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