Neuroimaging Studies of Practice and Smoking

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation

In brief

The purpose of this research study is to help determine whether practicing resisting the urge to smoke changes brain function or behavior among smokers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03080844

Run by

University of Kansas Medical Center

People needed

79

Starts

2016-12-01

Expected to finish

2020-03-26

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Smoke > 10 cigarettes per day for the last 6 months
• Smokes first cigarette within 60 minutes after waking
• Vision should be normal or corrected-to-normal (to ensure that they can accurately see the images on the screen and select the appropriate response)
• Willing to complete all appointments and change smoking behaviors for 2 weeks
• No quit attempts or attempts to cut back in the last 30 days
• No plans to quit in the next 30 days
• High school graduate or General Eduction Diploma (GED)

You may not qualify if…

• Serious medical illness unsuitable for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner based on best clinical judgment
• Any neurologic or psychiatric disorder except depression, anxiety (including post-traumatic stress disorder), or attention-deficit disorder/attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Currently taking anti-seizure medication
• History of concussion
• Body mass index (BMI) over 50
• Left-handedness
• History of alcohol or other substance dependence or current abuse;
• Risk for hazard due to magnetic fields such as metal in the body surgically or accidentally (e.g., pacemaker, cochlear implants, aneurysm clips, intravascular stents or coils, spinal shunt, injury involving bullets, shrapnel or metal implanted in their body, etc)
• Pregnancy

Where it is running

• Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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