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NCT05369169 | Recruiting | Binge Drinking

Afferent Neurocardiac Signals, Cue Reactivity, and Cognitive Control
Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Brandon Alderman, Ph.D.

Brief Summary:

Conscious attempts to regulate alcohol use are often undermined by automatic attention and arousal processes activated by alcohol cues, as well as by diminished ability to inhibit in-the-moment behaviors. The current study will examine whether a brief behavioral intervention of slow breathing paced at a resonance frequency of the cardiovascular system can interrupt automatic alcohol cue reactivity and enhance cognitive control in binge drinkers. Results from the proposed study may provide new prevention and intervention targets to interrupt unhealthy drinking behaviors.

Condition or disease

Binge Drinking

Intervention/treatment

Resonance breathing

Low demand cognitive task

Phase

Not Applicable

Study Type : Interventional
Estimated Enrollment : 100 participants
Masking : None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose : Basic Science
Official Title : Afferent Neurocardiac Signals, Cue Reactivity, and Cognitive Control
Actual Study Start Date : July 1, 2022
Estimated Primary Completion Date : April 30, 2023
Estimated Study Completion Date : April 30, 2023
Arm Intervention/treatment

Experimental: Resonance paced breathing

Active resonance breathing task consisting of synchronizing breathing with a visual pacer (E-Z Air, Thought Technology, Ltd., Plattsburgh, NY) that moves up (inhale) and down (exhale) at the rate of 0.1 Hz (6 breaths per min)

Behavioral: Resonance breathing

Active Comparator: Low demand vanilla control

A low-demand cognitive "vanilla" task wherein different colored rectangles are presented for 10 sec each, and participants are instructed to silently count the number of blue rectangles

Behavioral: Low demand cognitive task
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 35 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
  • Must report at least 2 binge drinking episodes in the past month
  • Have normal or corrected-to-normal vision
Exclusion Criteria
  • History or presence of serious psychiatric disorders, neurological disorders, or head injury resulting in a loss of consciousness
  • Presence of any serious medical condition
  • Report of more than a few occasions (3-4) of illicit drug use, except for cannabis, in the preceding year
Afferent Neurocardiac Signals, Cue Reactivity, and Cognitive Control

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Recruiting

United States, New Jersey

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, 08901