Nicotine Withdrawal and Reward Processing: Connecting Neurobiology to Real-world Behavior

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Withdrawal

In brief

This study is designed to find out how smoking affects the way the brain responds to pleasure and how this impacts smokers' behavior. Participants will complete three sessions. The first session will be a screening and training visit to determine final eligibility. Eligible participants will work with a researcher to develop brief scripts about times when they smoke and do other activities. Next, participants will attend two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans - one after abstaining from smoking for 24 hours and the other after smoking as usual. After the second MRI, participants will answer questions on their phone every day for two weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03840694

Run by

Duke University

People needed

21

Starts

2019-09-10

Expected to finish

2021-05-13

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-20

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 55. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Generally healthy
• Right-handed
• Smoke >= 10 cigarettes per day
• Smoking regularly for >= 1 year
• Carbon Monoxide (CO) > 8 at screening (or urinary cotinine > 100)
• Own a compatible smartphone
• Able to read and understand English
• Able to identify at least 4 pleasurable activities they do not do concurrently with smoking or associate with smoking

You may not qualify if…

• Regular use of "roll your own" cigarettes
• Planning to quit smoking within the next 60 days
• Current or planned smoking cessation treatment
• Regular use of smokeless tobacco or other nicotine products
• Expired CO > 80 parts per million
• Breath alcohol > .000 at screening (re-attempts are allowed)
• Positive toxicology screen for exclusionary drugs
• Use of exclusionary medications
• Significant medical problems
• Currently breastfeeding, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant
• Enrollment in another study utilizing Spectrum cigarettes within the last 3 months
• Irregular slee-wake cycles (e.g. swing-shift work, unusual sleep patterns)

Where it is running

• Duke University School of Medicine — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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