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Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Nicotine Addiction

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02401672

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Official title

Developing rTMS as a Potential Treatment for Nicotine Addiction

Brief summary

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Cigarette smoking remains a significant public health concern. A magnetic field applied to the outside of the skull can produce electrical activity in the brain without significant pain or the need for anesthesia. Sessions of magnetic stimulation or superficial stimulation that does not reach the brain will be used to determine if magnetic stimulation can reduce cue-induced craving and cigarettes consumption in adult nicotine-dependent cigarette smokers. This project may lead to a new therapy for smoking cessation.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02401672
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
42 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

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

This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Study timeline

Start date
May 13, 2014
Primary completion
Dec 29, 2018
Completion
Dec 29, 2018
Last update posted
Sep 20, 2020

2014 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston South Carolina 29425

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