Impulsivity and Stimulant Administration

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Examine the interaction between stimulants, such as cocaine and methylphenidate, and impulsivity.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Collaborator: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• Treatments: Central Nervous System Stimulants; Cocaine; Methylphenidate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age 18 - 50 years,

2. voluntary, written, informed consent,

3. physically healthy by medical history, physical, neurological, ECG, and laboratory examinations,

4. DSM-IV criteria for Cocaine Abuse (305.60) or Cocaine Dependence (304.20)

5. recent street cocaine use in excess of amounts to be administered in the current study,

6. intravenous and/or smoked (crack/ freebase) use,

7. positive urine toxicology screen for cocaine,

8. for females, non-lactating, no longer of child-bearing potential (or agree to practice effective contraception during the study), and a negative serum pregnancy (β-HCG) test.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Other drug dependence (except nicotine) as determined by urine toxicology or interview

2. < 1 year of cocaine dependence,

3. a primary major DSM-IV psychiatric diagnosis (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc.), unrelated to cocaine,

4. a history of significant medical (cardiovascular) or neurological illness, ie prior myocardial infarction, current active symptoms of cardiovascular disease / angina, evidence of cocaine-related cardiovascular symptoms, prior arrhythmias or need for cardiovascular resuscitation, neurovascular events such as transient ischemic attacks, stroke, and/or seizures Parameters re: elevations in vital signs are now explicitly specified under "Safety features built into our one-day self-administration paradigm).

5. current use of psychotropic and/or potentially psychoactive prescription medication,

6. seeking treatment for drug abuse/dependence (for experimental cocaine component),

7. physical or laboratory (β-HCG) evidence of pregnancy.

8. current use of any medication (prescription or over-the-counter) determined to cause potential drug interactions by the study physicians.