Measuring Neuroadaptations in Response to Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tobacco Dependence

In brief

The overall goal of this study is to determine if switching to very low nicotine content cigarettes changes the function of brain circuitry involved in incentive salience and executive control among dependent smokers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03612960

Run by

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

People needed

34

Starts

2020-02-20

Expected to finish

2023-06-23

Last updated by the study team

2024-08-20

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 21-60 years old
• Smoke >5 cigarettes per day
• >1 year of daily smoking
• No quit attempt in prior month and not planning to quit smoking within next 3 months
• Able to understand and consent to study procedures
• High school or lower educational attainment or annual household income < $50,000
• Plan to live in local area next 3 months
• Women not pregnant or nursing and taking steps to avoid pregnancy
• Able to read and write in English
• Access to computer with internet service that allows for Zoom

You may not qualify if…

• Use of non-cigarette tobacco products in the past 7 days
• Use of illicit substances more than once a week in the past 3 months (excluding marijuana)
• Current alcohol abuse impairing participation
• MRI safety contraindications (e.g., metal implants, claustrophobia)
• Unstable or significant medical conditions (e.g., chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, coronary heart disease)
• Major neurological conditions or brain trauma
• Major surgeries planned in next 3 months
• Use of smoking cessation medication in prior month (e.g., varenicline, patch)
• Uncontrolled serious mental illness, suicidality, or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization in the past 6 months
• Unwillingness to provide urine samples
• Unwilling to smoke study assigned cigarettes for the remainder of the trial
• Plans to move or take extended travel out of the area in the next 3 months
• Any other condition or situation that would, in the investigator's opinion, make it unlikely that the participant could comply with the study protocol
• Self-reported color blindness
• Left-handedness
• Smell dysfunction as determined via standardized assessment

Where it is running

• Penn State Health — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

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