Behavioral Memory Modulation in Nicotine Addiction
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Official title
Targeting Foundational Memory Processes in Nicotine Addiction: A Translational Clinical Neuroscience Study of a Retrieval-Extinction Intervention to Reduce Craving and Smoking Behavior
Brief summary
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The purpose of the study is to see if a behavioral intervention known as retrieval-extinction training (RET) might affect craving in response to nicotine cues (e.g., pictures, videos and objects) and smoking behavior in men and women who smoke cigarettes.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03744559
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 191 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Retrieval Extinction Training (RET) Behavioral
- Control Retrieval Extinction Training (RET) Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 25 Years to 65 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
- Feb 3, 2019
- Primary completion
- Oct 27, 2023
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2023
- Last update posted
- Apr 29, 2025
2019 – 2023
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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- Last update posted Apr 29, 2025 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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