Zapping the brain to fight opioid relapse?
NCT ID NCT04920864
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique called rTMS can help people with opioid use disorder stick with their methadone treatment and avoid relapse. Researchers will measure how stress affects cravings and decision-making. 32 adults currently in methadone or buprenorphine treatment will participate.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 32 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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21 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Meet DSM-5 criteria for OUD; 2. In methadone or buprenorphine treatment 3. Age 21-70 yr; 4. Right handed; 5. Males and non-pregnant/non-lactating females; 6. Cognitively intact (total IQ score \>80); 7. Use alcohol and/or marijuana \<4 times per week; each "time" should consist of \<2 marijuana "joint" equivalent and \<4 alcoholic drinks. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Acutely under the influence of any substance (except methadone or buprenorphine) during session; 2. Current, regular (\>2 times/week) use of illicit drugs other than opioids (except cannabis); 3. Any past 24 hour use of drugs other than opioids or nicotine; 4. Urinalysis positive for pregnancy; 5. Medical conditions prohibiting use of rTMS; 6. Lifetime psychotic, bipolar, or potentially antisocial personality disorder; 7. Untreated or uncontrolled past-year diagnosis of major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, or post traumatic stress disorder; 8. Past-month SUD other than OUD or tobacco use disorder; 9. Acute/unstable illness making it unsafe for participation; 10. Any prohibited medications including: medications that lower seizure threshold, certain psychiatric medications, or prescription pain medications; 11. Chronic head or neck pain; 12. Past-month participation in a research study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tolan Park Medical Building
Detroit, Michigan, 48201, United States
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