Status:

COMPLETED

Arbitration Between Habitual and Goal-directed Behavior in Obsessive-compulsive Disorder: Circuit Dynamics and Effects of Noninvasive Neurostimulation

Lead Sponsor:

University of California, Los Angeles

Conditions:

OCD

Decision-Making

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

People utilize two behavioral strategies, goal-directed and habitual, when engaging in value-based decision-making that involves rewarding or punishing outcomes. Accumulating evidence suggests an imba...

Detailed Description

Investigators will recruit 30 male and female adults (age 18-65) with OCD and 30 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy (medically, neurologically and psychiatrically) controls for this project. Ea...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • A) OCD participants inclusion criteria:
  • DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for OCD as primary (most severe) diagnosis (based on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview).
  • Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (YBOCS) total score is equal or greater than 16.
  • unmediated or being on a stable dose of medication (only SSRIs and clomipramine) for at least 12 weeks prior to the study.
  • fluent English speaker.
  • signed informed consent.
  • B) OCD participants exclusion criteria:
  • IQ greater than 80 on the Wechsler Abbreviated Scales of Intelligence.
  • lifetime DSM-5 diagnosis of mania, psychotic disorder, or substance dependence (per MINI).
  • current DSM-5 diagnosis of MDD if Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS) scores are equal or greater than 35 (severe), or ADHD.
  • taking any psychotropic medication other than SSRIs or clomipramine.
  • severe psychiatric symptom that requires immediate inpatient psychiatric intervention such as suicidality.
  • presence of any serious psychiatric, psychosocial, or neurological condition requiring immediate treatment.
  • C) Healthy control inclusion criteria:
  • 1-males and females age 18-65 years with signed informed consent and IQ greater than 80 on WASI.
  • D) Exclusion criteria for all participants:
  • presence of any MR scan contraindications particularly body metal or positive pregnancy test.
  • medical conditions in which cerebral metabolism might be compromised such as thyroid disorders, diabetes or current tobacco smoking (potential effect on imaging endpoints).
  • any history of seizure disorders.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    July 15 2019

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    January 31 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    66 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04075890

    Start Date

    July 15 2019

    End Date

    January 31 2024

    Last Update

    December 12 2025

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    UCLA

    Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095