LIFU for Treatment for Refractory Opioid Use Disorder (NCT06218706)

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

• Exclusion Criteria:
• Unable to undergo MR-imaging because of non-MR compatible implants (e.g., pacemakers, medication pumps, aneurysm clips, metallic prostheses (including metal pins and rods, heart valves or cochlear implants), shrapnel fragments, permanent make-up or small metal fragments in the eye that welders and other metal workers may have), or if candidates are uncomfortable in small spaces (have claustrophobia) or cannot lie comfortably on their back for 2-3 hours.
• History of any clinically significant neurological disorder (e.g., brain surgery, tumors, uncontrolled epilepsy, or any others deemed clinically significant by the investigator).
• History of stroke or brain lesion in the targeted brain region (the NAc, ventral striatum, or VC).
• Implanted neurostimulators (e.g., vagus nerve stimulator, spinal cord stimulator, DBS).
• Documentation of clinically significant MRI abnormality indicative of a neurological condition or abnormality that may jeopardize the participant's safety, study conduct, or confound the participant's diagnostic assessments.
• More than 30% of the skull area traversed by the sonication pathway is covered by scars, scalp disorders (e.g., eczema), or atrophy of the scalp.
• Subject with chronic pulmonary disorders e.g. severe emphysema, pulmonary vasculitis, or other causes of reduced pulmonary vascular cross-sectional area.
• Subject with impaired renal function with estimated glomerular filtration rate \<30 mL/min/1.73m2
• Hepatic function laboratory values which are \> 1.5 times the upper limit of normal unless deemed not clinically significant by a study investigator.
• Past or present diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychotic disorder.
• Subject unwilling to attempt abstinence from illicit substance use during the course of the study.