Pharmaco-Neuroimaging Studies of Approach/Avoidance Behaviors and Post-Mortem Studies: Pharmacological Manipulation

Recruiting now · Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Depressive Disorder, Major, Anxiety Disorder

In brief

The study will investigate whether a nociceptin receptor antagonist will normalize neural and behavioral processes of approach/avoidance decision-making in unmedicated individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) and anxiety disorders. More specifically, the study aims to investigate dysregulation within (1) corticostriatal-midbrain circuitry and (2) nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide and the nociceptin receptor (NOPR).

Key facts

Study ID
NCT05232032
Run by
Mclean Hospital
People needed
112
Starts
2025-02-01
Expected to finish
2027-03-31
Last updated by the study team
2026-05-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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