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Feasibility and Validation of a Standard Phenotyping Assessment Battery

NIDA Phenotyping Assessments Battery (PhAB) Feasibility and Validation Study in Non-Intoxicated Drug Users

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03495869
Acronym
PhAB
Enrollment
368
Registered
2018-04-12
Start date
2018-06-21
Completion date
2020-03-16
Last updated
2021-08-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Cocaine Use Disorder, Healthy Controls, Marijuana Use Disorder, Opioid-use Disorder

Brief summary

The overall goal of this project is to collect preliminary data on psychosocial measures and behavioral performance comparing individuals with Opioid Use Disorder, Cocaine Use Disorder, dual diagnosis of Opioid and Cocaine Use Disorder, and Healthy Controls in an effort to determine overall feasibility of a phenotypic fingerprint for cohorts of individuals with addictions for use during clinical trials.

Detailed description

There is profound heterogeneity of subjects in clinical studies of addictions, with patients being diagnosed by the primary substance of use. As a result, utilizing current DSM addictions classification leads to problems with signal detection and hamper the progress of the development of new drugs and treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs). Getting beyond the DSM-5 based definitions is necessary to fingerprint addiction phenotypes and endophenotypes, using machine-learning analyses of big data. A detailed in-depth assessment of addiction phenotypes (deep phenotyping) may also include neuroimaging. In an effort to develop a fingerprint for addiction phenotypes, NIDA established a Workgroup to develop a phenotyping battery of tests and self-rated psychometric scales, supplemented by resting state fMRI to be administered to participants in any extramural clinical trial where addictions are assessed. The final phenotyping battery content was determined via consensus from both the selected experts- consultants group and the NIDA workgroup, and as such, the battery requires feasibility and validation study to finalize its content. The NIDA Phenotyping Assessment Battery (PhAB) covers six neurofunctional addiction domains: Metacognition, Interoception, Cognition/Executive Function, Reward/Incentive Salience, Emotion/Negative Emotionality, and Sleep/Circadian Rhythm. The PhAB is meant to be administered during a Phenotyping visit - an extension of a screening visit in any clinical trial addictions protocol. In addition to the PhAB, the group also developed an ancillary set of measures to be administered in conjunction with the PhAB in any addictions clinical trial during the Phenotyping visit. The Platform Instruments include structured interviews, diagnostic measures (e.g., MINI), self report scales of symptom severity (e.g., ASRS-ADHD, VAS-Pain), trauma history (CTQ), computer-administered measures of intelligence (e.g., Shipley), and substance use measures (FTND, Timeline Follow-back), etc. Clinical trial investigators would administer these scales and behavioral tasks in addition to protocol nonspecific assessments (e.g., demographics) and medical evaluations (e.g, medical history and physical exams, genotyping, and labs) which could be done at Screening. This study is a feasibility, construct and face validity study. The primary outcome measure is time taken to complete the battery, and rates of successful study completion

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
CollaboratorNIH
Virginia Commonwealth University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

(Individuals with SUDs) * Males and females between 18 and 70 years-of-age. * Current DSM-5 primary Substance Use Disorder: Opioid, marijuana, stimulants (individuals with multiple types of substance use (e.g., opioid/marijuana will be included) * Have no contraindications for study participation as determined by medical history and concomitant medications. * Be able to demonstrate an understanding of study procedures and follow instructions including behavioral laboratory testing. * Be able and willing to comply with scheduled visits, and other study procedures. * Be able to read and complete forms and interviews in English. Inclusion Criteria (Non-drug Using Healthy Controls) * Males and females between 18 and 70 years of age. * Have no contraindications for study participation as determined by medical history and concomitant medications. * Be able to demonstrate an understanding of study procedures and follow instructions including behavioral laboratory testing. * Be able and willing to comply with scheduled visits, and other study * Be able to read and complete forms and interviews in English. General

Exclusion criteria

* Current psychosis, mania, or suicidal/homicidal ideation * Meet current DSM-5 diagnosis of any psychoactive substance use disorder other than opioids,marijuana, stimulants, or nicotine. Diagnosis of mild to moderate use disorder for alcohol will not be considered exclusionary for any SUD group. * Have a history of seizures (excluding childhood febrile seizures), or loss of consciousness from traumatic injury for more than 30 minutes. * Have any other illness, or condition, which in the opinion of the PI or study physician would preclude safe and/or successful completion of the study. MRI

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Retention1 monthNumber of dropouts

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Time to Complete Battery5 hoursTime to complete the assessment batteries will also be recorded for each task and each participant.
Non-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments5 hoursNumber of study completers who did not complete the full battery and platform instruments

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Self-report on Measure of Interoception Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete)
Self-report on Measure of Metacognition Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete)
Performance on Measures of Cognition Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine cognitive functioning (e.g., Backwards digit span, and stop signal reaction task)
Between-group Differences in Brain Connectivity as Measured by Spectral Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) and Deterministic Dynamic Causal Modeling1 monthBetween-group differences in brain connectivity as measured by Spectral dynamic causal modeling (DCM) and Deterministic dynamic causal modeling
Self-report on Measure of Sleep Quality Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete)
Performance on Measures of Reward Processing Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine Reward processing (e.g., hypothetical purchase task) and subscale and total scale scores on self-report measures of reward processing (SUPP-S)
Performance on Measures of Negative Emotionality Across Conditions5 hoursPerformance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine Negative Emotionality (Emotional go/nogo) and subscale and total scale scores on self-report measures of Negative Emotionality (Buss Perry Aggression)

Countries

United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Individuals With Cocaine Use Disorder
This group will consist of individuals who are determined to have DSM5 diagnosis of Cocaine Use Disorder (n=50). Individuals will be recruited from an existing registry (VCU IRB HMHM20000294, Keyser-Marcus, PI)
50
Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder
This group will consist of individuals who are determined to have DSM5 diagnosis of Opioid Use Disorder (n=200).
97
Individuals With Marijuana Use Disorder
This group will consist of individuals who are determined to have DSM5 diagnosis of Marijuana Use Disorder (n=50).
51
Healthy Controls
This group will consist of individuals who are determined to be non-drug using healthy controls (n=100).
108
Total306

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000FG001FG002FG003
Overall StudyDropped from study0724
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up417814
Overall StudyWithdrawal by Subject0303

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicIndividuals With Cocaine Use DisorderTotalHealthy ControlsIndividuals With Marijuana Use DisorderIndividuals With Opioid Use Disorder
Age, Continuous51.78 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.76
40.77 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.82
35.69 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 14.51
35.24 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.1
42.49 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.57
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
1 Participants7 Participants3 Participants1 Participants2 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
44 Participants280 Participants99 Participants46 Participants91 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
5 Participants19 Participants6 Participants4 Participants4 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants5 Participants4 Participants1 Participants0 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
Asian
0 Participants10 Participants8 Participants2 Participants0 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
Black or African American
48 Participants193 Participants42 Participants31 Participants72 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants0 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
Other
1 Participants8 Participants6 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
Unknown or not reported
0 Participants2 Participants1 Participants0 Participants1 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Race
White
1 Participants88 Participants47 Participants17 Participants23 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
50 participants306 participants108 participants51 participants97 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
13 Participants144 Participants64 Participants22 Participants45 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
37 Participants162 Participants44 Participants29 Participants52 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
EG002
affected / at risk
EG003
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 500 / 970 / 510 / 108
other
Total, other adverse events
0 / 500 / 970 / 510 / 108
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 501 / 970 / 510 / 108

Outcome results

Primary

Retention

Number of dropouts

Time frame: 1 month

Population: All participants who signed consent forms and screened eligible were included in the analysis for this outcome variable.

ArmMeasureValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Individuals With Cocaine Use DisorderRetention4 Participants
Individuals With Opioid Use DisorderRetention27 Participants
Individuals With Marijuana Use DisorderRetention10 Participants
Healthy ControlsRetention21 Participants
Secondary

Non-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments

Number of study completers who did not complete the full battery and platform instruments

Time frame: 5 hours

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Individuals With Cocaine Use DisorderNon-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments0 participants
Individuals With Opioid Use DisorderNon-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments0 participants
Individuals With Marijuana Use DisorderNon-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments0 participants
Healthy ControlsNon-completers of the Battery and Platform Instruments0 participants
Secondary

Time to Complete Battery

Time to complete the assessment batteries will also be recorded for each task and each participant.

Time frame: 5 hours

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Individuals With Cocaine Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete Phenotyping assessment battery73.86 MinutesStandard Deviation 15.77
Individuals With Cocaine Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete battery of Platform Instruments96.97 MinutesStandard Deviation 38.07
Individuals With Opioid Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete battery of Platform Instruments91.24 MinutesStandard Deviation 32.83
Individuals With Opioid Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete Phenotyping assessment battery68.53 MinutesStandard Deviation 16.16
Individuals With Marijuana Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete battery of Platform Instruments75.08 MinutesStandard Deviation 28.67
Individuals With Marijuana Use DisorderTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete Phenotyping assessment battery59.76 MinutesStandard Deviation 10.19
Healthy ControlsTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete Phenotyping assessment battery61.04 MinutesStandard Deviation 17.66
Healthy ControlsTime to Complete BatteryTime to complete battery of Platform Instruments68.53 MinutesStandard Deviation 24.52
Other Pre-specified

Between-group Differences in Brain Connectivity as Measured by Spectral Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) and Deterministic Dynamic Causal Modeling

Between-group differences in brain connectivity as measured by Spectral dynamic causal modeling (DCM) and Deterministic dynamic causal modeling

Time frame: 1 month

Other Pre-specified

Performance on Measures of Cognition Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine cognitive functioning (e.g., Backwards digit span, and stop signal reaction task)

Time frame: 5 hours

Other Pre-specified

Performance on Measures of Negative Emotionality Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine Negative Emotionality (Emotional go/nogo) and subscale and total scale scores on self-report measures of Negative Emotionality (Buss Perry Aggression)

Time frame: 5 hours

Other Pre-specified

Performance on Measures of Reward Processing Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete) #correct) on behavioral tasks which examine Reward processing (e.g., hypothetical purchase task) and subscale and total scale scores on self-report measures of reward processing (SUPP-S)

Time frame: 5 hours

Other Pre-specified

Self-report on Measure of Interoception Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete)

Time frame: 5 hours

Other Pre-specified

Self-report on Measure of Metacognition Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete)

Time frame: 5 hours

Other Pre-specified

Self-report on Measure of Sleep Quality Across Conditions

Performance (time to complete)

Time frame: 5 hours

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026