Individualized Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Opioid Use Disorder

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age22-75
SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

About this trial

The purpose of this study is to determine if personalized (adaptive) Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) based upon invasive brain mapping is safe and can lead to better outcomes like reductions in craving and opioid use.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adults (all genders) 22 to 75 years old.

Current diagnosis of severe primary opioid use disorder (OUD) (>= 6 on DSM-5 OUD criteria) (any form of opioid use).

History of opioid use for more than 5 years.

Participants are seeking treatment for their OUD.

Disqualifiers

Pregnancy or lactation.

Non-English speaking.

Participants are not willing to start MOUD treatment with buprenorphine or to switch MOUD to buprenorphine if they are already on other MOUD, for the duration of the study.

OUD treatment with another investigational drug or other intervention within 3 months.

Trial design

Design model

Crossover

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Deep Brain Stimulation

    Device

    An individualized aDBS protocol will be used to examine therapeutic effect.

Treatment groups

6 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: aDBS / cDBS / sham StimulationOther 1 intervention
Group B: sham / aDBS / cDBSOther 1 intervention
Group C: cDBS / sham / aDBSOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Incidence of adverse events during sEEG phase

To assess the safety of sEEG mapping in patients with severe and refractory OUD.

Time frame
Up to 2 weeks during sEEG phase.
2

Incidence of adverse events during aDBS phase

To assess the safety of aDBS in patients with severe and refractory OUD.

Time frame
Up to 16 months from time of DBS implantation.

Secondary outcomes

1

sEEG Mapping: Brain mapping

To identify individualized brain targets for sensing neural biomarkers of craving and stimulation to mitigate craving.

Time frame
Up to 2 weeks during sEEG phase.
2

Opioid use duirng aDBS treatment

To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of individualized aDBS in patients with severe and refractory OUD by measuring the effects of aDBS on opioid use measured with TLFB.

Time frame
Up to 16 months from time of DBS implantation.
3

Overall functioning duirng aDBS treatment

To evaluate the preliminary efficacy of individualized aDBS in patients with severe and refractory OUD by measuring the effects of aDBS on quality of life measured with SF-36.

Time frame
Up to 16 months from time of DBS implantation.

Other outcomes

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