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Trial reportThe American journal of psychiatry2024

Neural Responses to Intranasal Oxytocin in Youths With Severe Irritability.

Soonjo Hwang, Ji-Woo Suk, Harma Meffert, Arica Lerdahl, William F Garvey, Ryan Edwards, Alison Delizza, Brigette Soltis-Vaughan, Katrina Cordts, Ellen Leibenluft and 1 more

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Soonjo HwangDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Ji-Woo SukDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Harma MeffertDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Arica LerdahlDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
William F GarveyDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Ryan EdwardsDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Alison DelizzaDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Brigette Soltis-VaughanDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Katrina CordtsDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Ellen LeibenluftDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
R J R BlairDepartment of Psychiatry (Hwang, Lerdahl, Edwards), Department of Psychology (Delizza), and Department of Neurological Sciences (Soltis-Vaughan, Cordts), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha; Digital Health Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea (Suk); Slimmer AI, Groningen, the Netherlands (Meffert); Cognitive Ability and Plasticity Lab, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. (Garvey); Section on Mood Dysregulation and Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Leibenluft); Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center, Mental Health Services, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen (Blair).
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KR

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115458 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOLSTEIN, SARAH A · 2016 to 2025
$42.8M
Dose-Response Relationship and Pharmacokinetics of Intranasal Oxytocin on Neural Impact in Youths with High Levels of IrritabilityU01MH120155 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI HWANG, SOONJO, SHAFFER, CHRISTOPHER LEE · 2020 to 2022
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115458NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH120155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe authors investigated the neural impact of intranasal oxytocin on emotion processing areas in youths with severe irritability in the context of disruptive mood and behavior disorders.

methodsFifty-two participants with severe irritability, as measured by a score ≥4 on the Affective Reactivity Index (ARI), with diagnoses of disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) and/or disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) were randomly assigned to treatment with intranasal oxytocin or placebo daily for 3 weeks. Assessments were conducted at baseline and at the end of the trial; the primary outcomes were measures of irritability on the ARI and ratings on the Clinical Global Impressions severity scale (CGI-S) focusing on DBD and DMDD symptoms, and secondary outcomes included the CGI improvement scale (CGI-I) and ratings of proactive and reactive aggressive behavior on the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire. Forty-three participants (22 in the oxytocin group and 21 in the placebo group) completed pre- and posttreatment functional MRI (fMRI) scans with the affective Stroop task.

resultsYouths who received oxytocin showed significant improvement in CGI-S and CGI-I ratings compared with those who received placebo. In the fMRI data, blood-oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) responses to emotional stimuli in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex were significantly reduced after oxytocin compared with placebo. These BOLD response changes were correlated with improvement in clinical severity.

conclusionsThis study provides initial and preliminary evidence that intranasal oxytocin may induce neural-level changes in emotion processing in youths with irritability in the context of DBDs and DMDD. This may lead to symptom and severity changes in irritability.

Indexed as

Irritable MoodOxytocinAdolescentAttention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior DisordersHumansMood DisordersOxytocinDisruptive Behavior DisorderDisruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct DisordersIrritabilityNeuroimagingOxytocinPsychopharmacology

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PMCPMC10984767
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