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Baclofen Effects in Cigarette Smokers

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT01821560

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Official title

Baclofen Effects on Brain and Behavior in Cigarette Smokers

Brief summary

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The proposed project will utilize perfusion functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a functional candidate gene association approach (of dopaminergic addictions-targeted polymorphisms), and the dopamine-modulating and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) B receptor agonist, baclofen, to examine the brain and behavioral responses in smokers to appetitive smoking reminders (cues that motivate continued smoking and relapse). These studies will provide a means to identify an appetitive cue-sensitive pharmacologic-responsive endophenotype. Once brain/behavioral/genetic endophenotypes can be determined prior to treatment, smoking cessation treatments can be structured to meet individual needs, which will significantly improve treatment outcome.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT01821560
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
University of Pennsylvania
Other
Enrollment
44 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Feb 28, 2013
Primary completion
May 31, 2017
Completion
May 31, 2017
Last update posted
Dec 18, 2018

2013 – 2017

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104

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