Clinical trials: Addiction Nicotine
Nicotine Use Disorder
Behavioral Memory Modulation in Nicotine Addiction
The purpose of the study is to see if a behavioral intervention known as retrieval-extinction training (RET) might affect craving in response to nicotine cues (e.g., pictures, videos and objects) and smoking behavior in men and…
- Trial name
- NCT03744559
- Testing
- Retrieval Extinction Training (RET), Control Retrieval Extinction Training (RET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
A Trial of E-cigarettes in Current Cigarette Smokers
The purpose of this study is to examine cigarette smokers' use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), and how use of e-cigarettes affects short term smoking behavior.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Dependence, Other Tobacco Product
- Trial name
- NCT02357173
- Testing
- electronic cigarette, cigarette group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Withdrawal
Progesterone and Brain Imaging Study
Male and female smokers were recruited to undergo 2 phases of smoking cessation. Each phase was 4 days long and involved 3 brain-imaging scans, blood draws and an intervention involving progesterone or a matched placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01954966
- Testing
- Progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
St. John's Wort for Tobacco Cessation
After a steady decline for the last 50 years, the prevalence of tobacco use in the United States has reached a plateau of approximately 23%.
- Trial name
- NCT00405912
- Testing
- St. John's Wort-900 mg/day, St. John's Wort-1800mg/day
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 118 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Nicotine Dependence
Extended Cessation Treatment for Teen Smokers
This study is designed to test the efficacy of an extended smoking cessation program for teen smokers. We hypothesize that teen smokers randomized to extended treatment will have a higher abstinence rate at 52 week follow-up than…
- Trial name
- Nicoteens (NCT00459953)
- Testing
- Extended treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 141 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Nicotine Dependence
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Nicotine Addiction
Cigarette smoking remains a significant public health concern. A magnetic field applied to the outside of the skull can produce electrical activity in the brain without significant pain or the need for anesthesia.
- Trial name
- rTMS (NCT02401672)
- Testing
- Transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
Low-Dose Naltrexone Combined With Bupropion to Stop Smoking With Less Weight Gain
This study will test a combination of the drugs naltrexone and bupropion with weight-concerned smokers to investigate whether or not this combination of drugs improves smoking cessation quit rates and minimizes post quit weight…
- Trial name
- NCT00129246
- Testing
- Naltrexone, Bupropion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Nicotine Dependence
Human Laboratory Study Of Varenicline in Smokers
The purpose of this study is to test the ways that a drug called varenicline helps smokers to quit smoking. Varenicline is also called Chantix® and is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help…
- Trial name
- NCT00709696
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Nicotine Dependence
Effects of Varenicline on Smoking Reminders
Varenicline is the best smoking cessation agent to date; however it is only effective in a subgroup of smokers and is associated with undesirable side effects in other subgroups.
- Trial name
- VSMK (NCT01524627)
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Smoking Cessation, Cigarette Smoking
Effects of Random Nicotine Delivery on Smoking Cessation
The objective of this study is to determine whether treatment with random nicotine delivery via a nicotine film both before and after the target quit date will facilitate smoking cessation relative to treatment with steady state…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Cigarette Smoking, Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT03674970
- Testing
- Nicotine Film
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Nicotine Addiction
Acute and Chronic Nicotine Modulation of Reinforcement Learning
The purpose of this study is to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the acute and chronic effects of nicotine on motivational behavior and prediction error-related neural activation.
- Trial name
- NicLearning (NCT01830842)
- Testing
- Nicotine polacrilex, satiety, abstinence
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Nicotine Dependence
Effects of Varenicline on Brain Activity During Nicotine Abstinence
This project aims to define mechanisms through which varenicline might be an effective smoking cessation medication.
- Trial name
- NCT00602927
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Tobacco Addiction, Dual Tobacco Use
Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes and Tobacco Switching Behaviors
The main focus of this study is to determine the use of nicotine-containing products across the three experimental conditions. Subjects will be monitored to determine their continued use of assigned cigarettes, switching to other…
- Trial name
- NCT02000921
- Testing
- VLNC cigarettes, Combusted Products, Non-combusted products
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Nicotine Dependence
Stress Neuroadaptation in Tobacco Dependence
The objective of the current study is to evaluate the validity of the No Shock, Predictable Shock, Unpredictable Shock (NPU) stressor task for use as a surrogate endpoint to predict short-term clinical outcomes among smokers…
- Trial name
- NCT03262233
- Testing
- nicotine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 226 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Identifying Treatments to Motivate Smokers to Quit
At any given point in time, most smokers are not interested in making a serious quit attempt. Data suggest that 30% of smokers have no plans to quit, 30% plan to quit at some future date, 30% plan to quit in the next 6 months…
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Motivation, Nicotine Dependence
- Trial name
- Motivation (NCT01122238)
- Testing
- Nicotine Patch, Nicotine Gum, Motivational Interviewing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 517 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
Message Framing for Telephone Quitline Callers
The purpose of this study is to compare gain-framed counseling + gain-framed materials" to standard care Quitline counseling + standard print materials.
- Trial name
- NCT00589277
- Testing
- Gain-Framed counseling & Gain-framed materials, Standard care counseling + standard materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,032 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
Naltrexone and Varenicline: Weight Gain and Tolerability in Cigarette Smokers
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the combination of naltrexone (Depade) and varenicline (Chantix) minimizes post-smoking cessation weight gain and how well the combination is tolerated.
- Trial name
- NCT00502216
- Testing
- Naltrexone, Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Nicotine Dependence
The Gender-Sex Hormone Interface With Craving & Stress-Related Changes in Smoking
The purpose of the overall parent study is to determine the impact of gender and hormones (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone and cortisol) on responses to stress and smoking cues presented in daily, "real-world" cue…
- Trial name
- SCOR-III (NCT01576874)
- Testing
- Oxytocin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people
- Sponsor
- Kevin Gray, MD
Smoking, Cigarette, Craving
QuitFast: Evaluating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Tool to Reduce Smoking Directly Following a Quit Attempt
Cigarette smoking constitutes the greatest preventable cause of mortality and morbidity in the US. The most critical period for long term success of smoking cessation appears to be in the first 7 days after the quit date.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Cigarette, Craving, Addiction, Nicotine
- Trial name
- NCT03576768
- Testing
- Real cTBS, Real iTBS
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Nicotine Dependence, Symptoms of Anxiety
Integrated Treatment for Smoking Cessation & Anxiety in People With HIV
During the 1-year formative phase of a study to develop an integrated treatment for quitting smoking for anxiety-vulnerable HIV+ smokers.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Dependence, Symptoms of Anxiety, HIV
- Trial name
- Project Quit (NCT01393301)
- Testing
- Integrated cognitive-behavioral therapy for smoking cessation and anxiety, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 72 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital