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Effects of a single dose of amisulpride on functional brain changes during reward- and motivation-related processing using task-based fMRI in healthy subjects and patients with major depressive disorder - study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.

Luisa Carstens, Margot Popp, Christian Keicher, Rita Hertrampf, David Weigner, Marvin S Meiering, Gerd Luippold, Sigurd D Süssmuth, Christian F Beckmann, Andreas Wunder and 1 more

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Article in Trials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05347199 (Effects of a Single Dose of Amisulpride on Functional Brain Changes During Reward- and Motivation-related Processing), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05347199 phase1completednot on this map

Effects of a Single Dose of Amisulpride on Functional Brain Changes During Reward- and Motivation-related Processing

TypeinterventionalSponsorSimone GrimmRan2022 to 2023Enrolled127ConditionsMajor Depressive DisorderArmsAmisulpride Pill, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Dopaminergic modulation of social reward anticipation in depression: neural effects of amisulpride versus placebo.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Luisa Carstens *MSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Margot Popp *Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an Der Riss, Germany.
Christian KeicherCharité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Rita HertrampfCharité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
David WeignerMSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Marvin S MeieringMSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany. marvin.meiering@medicalschool-berlin.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-5015
Gerd LuippoldClinical Development and Operations, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an Der Riss, Germany.
Sigurd D SüssmuthMedicine Therapeutic Area CNS-Retinopathies-Emerging Areas, Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Biberach an Der Riss, Germany.
Christian F BeckmannDonders Institute, Centre for Medical Neuroscience, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Andreas Wunder *Translational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an Der Riss, Germany.
Simone Grimm *MSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) · DEMSB Medical School Berlin · DECharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DERadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAnhedonia and other deficits in reward- and motivation-related processing in psychiatric patients, including patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), represent a high unmet medical need. Neurobiologically, these deficits in MDD patients are mainly associated with low dopamine function in a frontostriatal network. In this study, alterations in brain activation changes during reward processing and at rest in MDD patients compared with healthy subjects are explored and the effects of a single low dose of the dopamine D2 receptor antagonist amisulpride are investigated.

methodsThis is a randomized, controlled, double-blind, single-dose, single-center parallel-group clinical trial to assess the effects of a single dose of amisulpride (100 mg) on blood-oxygenation-level-dependent (BOLD) responses during reward- and motivation-related processing in healthy subjects (n = 60) and MDD patients (n = 60). Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), BOLD responses are assessed during the monetary incentive delay (MID) task (primary outcome). Exploratory outcomes include BOLD responses and behavioral measures during the MID task, instrumental learning task, effort-based decision-making task, social incentive delay task, and probabilistic reward task as well as changes in resting state functional connectivity and cerebral blood flow. DISCUSSION: This study broadly covers all aspects of reward- and motivation-related processing as categorized by the National Institute of Mental Health Research Domain Criteria and is thereby an important step towards precision psychiatry. Results regarding the immediate effects of a dopaminergic drug on deficits in reward- and motivation-related processing not only have the potential to significantly broaden our understanding of underlying neurobiological processes but might eventually also pave the way for new treatment options.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05347199. April 12, 2022.

Indexed as

Major Depressive DisorderAmisulprideBrainHealthy VolunteersHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMotivationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRewardAmisulprideAmisulprideAnhedoniaEffort-based decision-making taskfMRIInstrumental learning taskMajor depressive disorderMonetary incentive delay taskProbabilistic reward taskResting stateSocial incentive delay task

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PMID38012795
PMCPMC10683198
OpenAlexW4389047199

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