Status:

COMPLETED

Environments as Smoking Cues: Imaging Brain Substrates, Developing New Treatments (CameraCue)

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Conditions:

Smoking

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-55 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The overarching goals of this proposal are to 1) identify the network of brain regions specifically activated by personal smoking environment cues and 2) to evaluate the effects of exposure to these c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • generally healthy
  • between the ages of 18 and 55
  • smoking an average of 5 cigarettes per day for at least one year
  • breath CO (carbon monoxide) level \> 8 ppm (if ≤ 8 ppm, then NicAlert Strip \> 2)
  • no interest in quitting smoking for the duration of time required for the experiment
  • right-handed as measured by a three-item scale used in our laboratory
  • ability to identify 4 personal smoking and 4 personal non-smoking places

Exclusion

  • inability to attend all required experimental sessions
  • significant health problems
  • use of psychoactive medications
  • use of smokeless tobacco
  • current alcohol or drug abuse
  • use of illegal drugs as measured by urine drug screen
  • current use of nicotine replacement therapy or other smoking cessation treatment
  • presence of conditions that would make MRI unsafe (e.g., pacemaker)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

67 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01840111

Start Date

December 1 2012

End Date

July 1 2014

Last Update

January 31 2017

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705