Acute Effect of Three Neuroactive Drugs Measured by Magnetoencephalography (MEG), Electroencephalography (EEG) and the Synchronous Neural Interaction Test

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2009-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

This placebo-controlled crossover study is intended to measure the effect of three, common neuroactive medications on brain activity measured by magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG). This study will conduct MEG and EEG scans as well as simple cognition testing on 15 healthy volunteers over 4 study days. Subjects will receive placebo on one of the study days, and either 100 mg modafinil p.o., 20 mg methylphenidate p.o., or 1 mg lorazepam p.o. on remaining study days. Medication administration will be randomized according to study day so that each subject will receive the medications in random order. Brain activity will be measured by MEG and EEG in each subject a total of 4 times each study day: prior to medication administration and 2, 4, and 6 hours after medication administration. Cognition testing will be performed at pre-medication baseline and immediately after each post-medication scan time. This study will test the hypothesis that changes in brain functional activity can be accurately measured in healthy volunteer subjects after single, acute doses of modafinil, methylphenidate and lorazepam.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Orasi Medical, Inc.
• Treatments: Armodafinil; Lorazepam; Methylphenidate; Modafinil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subject is male between 18 and 35 years of age at the time of screening.

• Subject understands the study procedures and agrees to participate in the study by giving written informed consent.

• Subject is a non-smoker.

• Subject is judged to be in good health based on medical history and brief physical examination.

• Subject has normal or corrected to normal visual and auditory acuity.

• Subject agrees to refrain from caffeine 24 hours prior to and then throughout each Study Day.

• Subject agrees to refrain from using alcohol for 48 hours prior to and then throughout each Study Day.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subject has a diagnosis of a significant neurological condition including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia or frontal temporal dementia, human immunodeficiency virus, multiple sclerosis, or severe traumatic brain injury.

• Subject has a history of primary psychotic disorder (e.g. schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder) or bipolar disorder.

• Subject has a history of seizures, epilepsy, stroke, peripheral neuropathy, head trauma with persistent post-concussive symptoms, ADHD, dyslexia or other clinically significant neurological disease or cognitive impairment.

• Subject has a lifetime or current history of alcohol or substance abuse/dependence.

• Subject has a history of multiple or severe allergies, or has had an anaphylactic reaction or intolerability to prescription or non-prescription drugs or food. This includes a documented or subject-verified allergy.

• Subject had an MRI 2 weeks prior to Study Day 2.

• Subject has metal braces or pacemaker that may interfere with the MEG scan.

• Subject is unable to complete the MEG scan procedure.

• The investigator has any concern regarding the safe participation of a subject in the study, or if for any other reason the investigator considers the subject inappropriate for study participation.