Actively Recruiting

Age: 22Years - 85Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers
NCT07085351

EEG Biomarkers for OUD: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive Applications

Led by University of Illinois at Chicago · Updated on 2025-07-25

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Participants Needed

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Research Sites

31 weeks

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

University of Illinois at Chicago

Lead Sponsor

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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

The US is suffering from a national opioid epidemic characterized by significant costs, overdoses, and deaths. Conventional Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatments (i.e., pharmacological and psychosocial interventions) are characterized by limited or diminishing efficacy, ceiling effects, and/or serious side effects. The availability of validated OUD biomarkers would be a key step in the development and approval of better treatments. Ultimately, the scarcity of OUD biomarkers represents a significant unmet need in the fight against opioid addiction as recognized by NIDA and the FDA with their support for development of Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) and biomarker tests for OUD. Advances in neuroimaging techniques, and in particular recent evidence supports electroencephalography (EEG) as a promising candidate to investigate the correlation between addiction and brain state. To address the clear medical and market need for OUD biomarkers, this is a feasibility study to identify and assess potential EEG biomarkers for OUD diagnoses, disease monitoring, and prediction of OUD treatment response.

CONDITIONS

Official Title

EEG Biomarkers for OUD: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Predictive Applications

Who Can Participate

Age: 22Years - 85Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Providing informed consent to participate in the study.
  • Aged between 22 and 85 years old.
  • Diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) for more than 6 months as defined by DSM-5 with a positive urine toxicology screen and current craving (for OUD subjects).
  • Lives in the immediate area with no plans to relocate.
  • Age-matched controls without OUD are also eligible if they meet age and location criteria.
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Recently started on antiepileptic drug therapy.
  • Ingestion of poppy seeds or herbal teas containing Papaveris fructus (may cause positive opiate tests).
  • History of neurological disorders such as stroke, brain tumors, or epilepsy.
  • History of unexplained fainting spells.
  • History of head injury causing more than momentary loss of consciousness.
  • History of brain surgery.
  • Suffering from severe depression.
  • Presence of active malignancy.

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Trial Site Locations

Total: 1 location

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Clinical & Imaging Research Outcomes Lab

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612

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Research Team

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Aksarapak Hengyotmark, MD

CONTACT

How is the study designed?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Masking

N/A

Allocation

N/A

Model

N/A

Primary Purpose

N/A

Number of Arms

2

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