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CompletedNCT00108173

Brain Reaction to Treatment of Nicotine Dependence

Neural Substrates of Treatment for Nicotine Dependence

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
104 (actual)
Sponsor
US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
Sex
All
Age
21 Years – 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study was to determine how the treatments for cigarette craving work. Hypothesis: During exposure to cigarette-related cues, heavy smokers will have greater reductions in regional brain activation from before to after both forms of active treatments than from before to after placebo.

Detailed description

PET and fMRI scanning were used to examine brain activity and activation in cigarette smokers in response to cigarette-related cues.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGZyban

Timeline

Start date
2002-10-01
Primary completion
2007-04-01
Completion
2011-06-01
First posted
2005-04-15
Last updated
2013-04-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00108173. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.