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Modafinil, Sleep, and Cognition in Cocaine Dependence
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Study NCT00582491   Information provided by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
First Received: December 21, 2007   Last Updated: December 27, 2007   History of Changes

December 21, 2007
December 27, 2007
August 2006
March 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Effect of modafinil versus placebo on daytime sleepiness [ Time Frame: 16 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00582491 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
Effect of modafinil versus placebo on cognitive performance [ Time Frame: 16 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
 
Modafinil, Sleep, and Cognition in Cocaine Dependence
Modafinil, Sleep, and Cognition in Cocaine Dependence

Subjects participating in this protocol will participate in three phases: 1) pre-admission, 2) inpatient admission, and 3) follow-up. Pre-admission involves screening (detailed in inclusion/exclusion criteria section) and one week of outpatient sleep and activity monitoring. Inpatient admission is 16 consecutive nights on the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit and involves subjective and objective tests of sleep, sleepiness, attention, and learning. During inpatient admission subjects will take modafinil or placebo. For follow-up, subjects will return to the CNRU for one night and again participate in objective tests of sleep, sleepiness, attention, and learning. We hypothesize that modafinil will decrease subject and objective measures of sleepiness and will promote attention and learning in cocaine dependent persons.

A relatively new treatment for the excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) associated with inadequate sleep is the drug modafinil. Modafinil decreases subjective reports and objective measures of daytime sleepiness under conditions of sleep restriction, while enhancing cognitive performance. At the same time, sleep quality does not appear to be affected significantly. Interestingly, recent clinical trials in cocaine-dependent populations suggest that modafinil reduces the relapse to cocaine use, by unknown mechanisms.

We propose to employ both subjective and objective measures of nocturnal sleep and daytime sleepiness, as well as measures of general cognitive performance and sleep-dependent memory consolidation, to explore potential mechanistic relationships between cocaine abstinence, EDS, and modafinil's efficacy in preventing cocaine relapse.

The following specific aims are proposed:

Specific Aim 1: To establish whether objective measures of poor nocturnal sleep (e.g., reduced total sleep time and sleep efficiency) that progressively characterize periods of sustained cocaine abstinence are also associated with objective evidence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).

Specific Aim 2: To establish the ability of modafinil to reverse the excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and deficits in cognitive performance that characterize cocaine abstinence.

Specific Aim 3: To conduct a pilot study to determine whether the observed abnormalities in objective sleep, EDS, and/or cognitive function predict relapse to cocaine use and/or whether successful abstinence from cocaine is associated with normalization of the same.

 
Interventional
Other, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Parallel Assignment
  • Cocaine Dependence
  • Substance-Induced Sleep Disorder
  • Substance-Induced Cognitive Disorder
  • Drug: Modafinil
  • Drug: Placebo
  • Experimental: Modafinil 400mg PO QDaily
  • Placebo Comparator: Placebo arm
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.
 
Recruiting
36
March 2010
March 2010   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male or female individuals, ages 18-65, meeting current DSM-IV criteria for cocaine dependence. Documented positive urine toxicology screen for cocaine at intake and regular 3 times more weekly use of cocaine.
  • Subject has voluntarily given informed consent and signed the informed consent document(s).
  • Able to read English and complete study evaluations.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Use of prescription medication in the past 6 months indicating a medical or psychiatric condition that in the opinion of the PI would interfere with study participation (e.g. hypertension, severe renal or hepatic disease, HIV, primary psychotic disorder, primary mood disorder, primary sleep disorder).
  • Meeting DSM-IV criteria for dependence on any substance other than cocaine and nicotine.
  • Significant underlying medical or psychiatric conditions or hypersensitivity to modafinil that in the opinion of the PI would interfere with study participation.
  • Abstinence from cocaine for more than one week prior to inpatient admission.
  • Positive urine or serum pregnancy test.
  • Women who are pregnant or lactating, or not using a reliable method of birth control.
  • (For subjects completing the fMRI portion of the study) Presence of or history indicative of ferromagnetic metal in their bodies.
Both
18 Years to 65 Years
No
Contact: Peter Morgan, MD, PhD 203-974-7515 peter.morgan@yale.edu
Contact: Andrea Rodrigues, BS 203-974-7491 andrea.rodrigues@yale.edu
United States
 
NCT00582491
Robert Malison, MD, Yale University School of Medicine
0607001659, R01DA11744
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
 
Principal Investigator: Peter T Morgan, MD, PhD Yale University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
December 2007

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