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Monetary Incentive Delay Task for Probing Reward-related Neural Processes

Stony Brook University · NCT06369623

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 14–17 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
300
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
April 6, 2024
Record last updated
May 15, 2025

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What the study is about

150 males and 150 females ages 14-17 years-old will be enrolled in an observational, longitudinal study. There are three planned in-person visits: a baseline assessment, an 18-month follow-up, and a 36-month follow-up. The in-person visits will include assessment of substance use and other individual differences (e.g., reward function, psychiatric history), neuromelanin-sensitive MRI, as well as functional brain activation collected while the participant is at rest (resting-state fMRI) and while the participant completes a Monetary Incentive Delay task. Subjects will also be asked to complete past 90-day substance use assessments remotely every 90 days for 36 months.

Being studied: Monetary Incentive Delay Task

Conditions: Adolescent Development

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Males and females ages 14-17 years-old;
  • English-speaking for assent and interview completion;
  • Capacity to provide assent.
  • For parents, the inclusion criteria will be willing and capacity to provide parental permission/consent.

Exclusion Criteria

  • current (within 6 months) use of medication that may affect cerebral function
  • history of severe medical or neurological illness, including stroke or seizure;
  • history of head trauma with loss of consciousness;
  • presence of metal in the body;
  • pregnancy or breastfeeding;
  • recent drug or alcohol use determined by positive urine toxicology or breathalyzer (to validate self-report assessment of substance use history);
  • lifetime use of psychotropic or other medication that could likely influence dopamine function, namely stimulant medication or antipsychotic medication, except a subgroup of 25 youth with history of prescribed stimulant medication and a subgroup of 15 youth with history antipsychotic medication will be enrolled for comparison purposes.

Recruiting US locations

  • Stony Brook Medicine

    Stony Brook, NY 11794

    Site contact: Greg Perlman, PhD · 631-638-1922 · greg.perlman@stonybrookmedicine.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Greg Perlman, PhD · 1-631-638-1922 · greg.perlman@stonybrookmedicine.edu
  • Lu-Ann Kozlowski, BSN · 1-631-632-9036 · lu-ann.kozlowski@stonybrook.edu
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