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Completed No phase listed Observational

Automatic Versus Evaluative Components of Cue Reactivity

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01036126

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Brief summary

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Background: \- Relapse to drug abuse often happens in the presence of stimuli that are associated with previous drug use, also known as cues. Drug-taking behavior appears to be partly controlled by such cues. Some research suggests that cue-induced craving states are responsible for drug use and relapse, but other research suggests that cues can control drug taking without conscious craving or even awareness. Researchers are interested in using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study how individuals respond to drug-related cues and how these cues affect craving on a conscious or unconscious level. Objectives: \- To determine how drug-related stimuli (cues) affect thinking, information processing, and body reactions in current drug users. Eligibility: \- Individuals between 18 and 50 years of age who are dependent on either tobacco or crack-cocaine, or are healthy volunteers who are not dependent on either drug. Design: * The study will require two sessions, a training session and a testing session, that will take place within 48 hours of each other. Between the two test sessions, participants may not consume alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs, and must restrict caffeine consumption. * During the first session, participants will complete questionnaires about tobacco/cocaine use and craving, and will be trained on the tasks to be performed in the MRI scanner. * During the second session, participants will perform concentration tasks and look at pictures, some of which will be tobacco/cocaine related. Body reactions such as heart rate, pupil dilation, and sweating will be measured during this session. Some participants will have actual MRI scanning, while others will have mock MRI scanning. * After the MRI session, participants will complete questionnaires about craving and responses to the scan.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01036126
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Enrollment
320 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 50 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Aug 12, 2003 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Not listed
Completion
Aug 19, 2010 (Type not available)
Last update posted
Jul 2, 2017

2003 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Biomedical Research Center (BRC) Baltimore Maryland 21224 —

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