The purpose of this pilot study is to evaluate the role of Mavoglurant in clarifying the neurobiology of alcoholism risk. This is a 1-site, randomized, within subjects, counterbalanced double-blind study of a single dose (200mg) of Mavoglurant and placebo.
This project explores the effects of 1 dose of AZQ056, an experimental non-competitive antagonist to metabotropic glutamate receptor-5 (mGlur5) developed by Novartis, in a double-blind, randomized, counterbalanced manner on alcoholism risk-relevant tasks. Drug/placebo will be administered on 2 separate visits separated by 1 week. More specifically, this project examines 4 functional MRI tasks related to different aspects of reward and/or impulsivity-related behavior in different contexts, compares the underlying neural circuitry across tasks, and uses a pharmacologic probe of the glutamatergic system to examine N-methyl-D-Aspartate and Dopamine (NMDA/DA) interactions. The combined measures provide the opportunity to advance our understanding of specific aspects of brain function related to familial alcoholism vulnerability in an already well characterized population as some members evolve into alcohol abuse. In addition, as well as conventional within-task analyses, functional network connectivity and allied approaches will be used to examine brain networks across the above tasks.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
18
2-100mg tablets of Mavoglurant will be administered on the morning of 1 of the 2 experimental days by an RN or the physician investigator.
Two matching tablets of placebo will be administered on the morning of 1 of the 2 experimental days by an RN or the physician investigator.
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
MRI Monetary Incentive Delay (MID) task
BOLD activation during A1 phase of MID
Time frame: 2 Hours post medication administration
MRI Alcohol Cue Reactivity (ACR) task
BOLD signal activation in the fusiform area and hippocampus for the alcohol cue reactivity (ACR) task. FHP individuals will show increased BOLD signal activation in the fusiform area and hippocampus to repeated alcohol images.
Time frame: 2 Hours post medication administration
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