期刊
ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
卷 39, 期 6, 页码 1057-1061出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.02.015
关键词
Cocaine dependence; Modafinil; Cognition; Risk taking; Balloon Analogue Risk Task
资金
- NIDA [R01 DA011744]
Modafinil, a wake-promoting agent used to treat sleep disorders, is thought to enhance cognition. Although modafinil has shown promise as a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of cocaine dependence, it is unknown to what extent cognitive effects may play a role in such treatment. We examined the effect of modafinil on the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a behavioral measure in which higher scores are purported to reflect a greater propensity for risk-taking. Thirty cocaine dependent individuals, enrolled in a randomized clinical trial of modafinil 400 mg (n = 12) versus placebo (n = 18), were administered the BART during the second week of inpatient treatment for cocaine dependence. A comparison cohort of healthy participants (n = 19) performed the BART under similar conditions. Modafinil treatment was associated with significantly higher BART scores (p = 0.01), which were comparable to scores in healthy persons. BART scores in placebo treated participants were much lower than previously reported in healthy participants, and lower than those observed in the comparison cohort. As propensity toward risk taking is typically associated with higher BART scores as well as increased risk for substance use, our findings may reflect a novel aspect of cognitive impairment related to chronic cocaine use. Notably, the low BART scores reflect highly suboptimal performance on the task, and the observed effect of modafinil may indicate a normalization of this impairment and have implications for treatment outcome. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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