Clinical trials: Addictions
Suicide, Substance-Related Disorders
Preventing Addiction Related Suicide (PARS)
The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and utility of the investigator's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) R21 developed "Preventing Addiction Related Suicide" (PARS) program by utilizing a novel stepped…
- Trial name
- PARS (NCT03166709)
- Testing
- Preventing Addiction Related Suicide (PARS), Intensive Outpatient Program standard session
- Where
- 16 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 906 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV Infections, Opioid-Related Disorders
Drug Treatment Combined With Drug and Risk Reduction Counseling to Prevent of HIV Infection and Death Among Injection Drug Users
Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS are serious global health problems. Injection drug use is currently the major mode of transmission of HIV in many countries.
- Trial name
- NCT00270257
- Testing
- Buprenorphine/Naloxone
- Where
- 4 sites in China, Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Opioid Misuse and Addiction, Pain
Toward Zero Prescribed Opioids for Outpatient General Surgery
Investigators have created an opioid reduction "package" which includes patient education, non-narcotic pain control instructions, and limited (or no) opioid pain prescriptions provided at discharge in an attempt to reduce the…
- Trial name
- NCT05327777
- Testing
- Oxycodone, Zero Opioid Protocol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 129 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction
Clinical Trial for Alcohol Use Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
This is a randomized controlled Phase II clinical trial designed to evaluate the effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in reducing Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) severity and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology among…
- Conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, Alcohol Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT02966873
- Testing
- N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) Treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Obesity
Assessment of and Treatment Applied to Food Addiction in a Rural Healthy Behaviors Clinic
Research purpose: The purpose of this pilot study is to assess obese clients for two phenotypes, those testing positive and those testing negative for Food Addiction (FA) (Yale Food Addiction Scale, YFAS) and determining the…
- Trial name
- NCT03431831
- Testing
- Intervention Control, Counselling, Contrave
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Pain, Insomnia
Effect of Medical Marijuana on Neurocognition and Escalation of Use
This study will use a randomized controlled design to test whether patients who use medical marijuana, compared to a waitlist control group, experience a change in health outcomes (relief of symptoms, or adverse health outcomes…
- Conditions
- Pain, Insomnia, Depression, Anxiety
- Trial name
- MMNE (NCT03224468)
- Testing
- Medical Marijuana
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 269 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Tobacco Addiction, Dual Tobacco Use
Reduced Nicotine Content Cigarettes and Tobacco Switching Behaviors
The main focus of this study is to determine the use of nicotine-containing products across the three experimental conditions. Subjects will be monitored to determine their continued use of assigned cigarettes, switching to other…
- Trial name
- NCT02000921
- Testing
- VLNC cigarettes, Combusted Products, Non-combusted products
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 136 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco
Helping Poor Smokers Quit
Using a 2x2 randomized factorial design, we will conduct a statewide field trial in Missouri to compare the relative and combined effects of these two strategies for augmenting an existing, evidence-based tobacco quitline…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking, Pipe
- Trial name
- NCT03194958
- Testing
- Specialized Quitline, Basic Needs Navigator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,944 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Addiction Nicotine
Self-activation in Individuals With and Without Nicotine Dependence
The purpose of this study is to see if a non-medication intervention can increase motivation and reward processing to non-drug reward cues (for example, a picture of one's favorite food) in individuals with and without nicotine…
- Trial name
- NCT03170258
- Testing
- Neurofeedback (from fMRI and/or EEG)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Marijuana Abuse
Dronabinol Treatment for Marijuana Addiction
The purpose of this study is to determine if dronabinol decreases the symptoms of marijuana addiction and withdrawal.
- Trial name
- MARINOL (NCT00217971)
- Testing
- Dronabinol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Drug Addiction, Executive Dysfunction
Bilateral Prefrontal Modulation in Crack-cocaine Addiction
In this study, eligible crack-cocaine addicted inpatients recruited from specialized clinics for substance abuse disorder treatment, filling inclusion criteria and not showing any exclusion criteria, were randomized to receive…
- Trial name
- tDCS_CRACK (NCT02091167)
- Testing
- transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Espirito Santo
Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Addiction
A Smartphone Application (ACT on Vaping) for Vaping Cessation in Young Adults
Almost one in ten young adults report current e-cigarette use, putting them at risk of developing nicotine addiction and long-term health effects of exposure to inhaled toxicants.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Addiction, Nicotine Use Disorder, Nicotine Vaping
- Trial name
- NCT05897242
- Testing
- Smartphone app, Text Message, Survey Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation
Examining the Effect of the Nicotine Patch in Male and Female Smokers - 3
Treatment studies have demonstrated that current smoking cessation techniques are less effective for women. The purpose of this study is to determine the role that gender plays in the effectiveness of nicotine replacement…
- Trial name
- NCT00390559
- Testing
- nicotine transdermal system, Nicotine containing cigarette
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Cocaine Dependence
Investigation of Cocaine Addiction Using mGluR5 PET and fMRI
The proposed research program will investigate the changes in brain chemistry and circuitry that 're-wire' the brain during chronic cocaine use, promote relapse, and complicate treatment efforts.
- Trial name
- NCT03471182
- Testing
- Psychiatric and Cognitive Testing, Cocaine Self-adminstration, Positron Emission Tomography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Maternal Behavior, Maternal Addiction
Oxytocin and Brain Responses in Maternal Addiction
A prior study by the principal investigator of this project identified dopamine- and oxytocin-related brain pathways that showed a diminished response when addicted mothers viewed the faces of their own vs.
- Trial name
- NCT02979093
- Testing
- Oxytocin, Functional MRI scanning
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lane Strathearn, MBBS PhD
Electronic Cigarette Use
Assessing the Effect of Nicotine Reduction on ENDS User's Addiction and Exposures
The rapid increase of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use by young people in the US and their potential to harm health, cause addiction, and serve as a risk for cigarette smoking or dual-use is alarming.
- Trial name
- NCT05205382
- Testing
- 5% nicotine (Partial Nicotine Reduction), 3% or 2.4% nicotine (Partial Nicotine Reduction), 5% nicotine (Total Nicotine Reduction)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Opiod Use Disorder
The Influence of ANS-6637 on Midazolam Pharmacokinetics in Healthy Volunteers
Background: Opioids are medicines that control pain. But they are often misused, which can lead to illness and death. Opioids increase dopamine to the brain, which makes people feel good and often causes them to crave drugs…
- Trial name
- NCT03831971
- Testing
- ANS-6637
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
Treating Caregivers Who Smoke at AFCH
The purpose of this research study is to 1) see if a smoking cessation program is something that caregivers will use while their child is hospitalized, 2) see if caregivers think this program is something we should institute…
- Trial name
- NCT06051474
- Testing
- Nicotine Replacement Product
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Opiate Dependence, Cocaine Dependence
Imaging Synaptic Density in Cocaine and Opiate Addiction In Vivo Using 11UCB-J PET
This study aims to measure synaptic density in the brains (including in ventral striatum [VS] and medial prefrontal cortex [mPFC]) of abstinent subjects with Cocaine Use Disorder (CUD) or Opiate Use Disorder (OUD) as compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT03527485
- Testing
- 11UCB-J PET Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Opioid-Related Disorders, Opioid Dependence
An Innovative Intervention for OUD Treatment
The Bridge Device (BD) is a neuromodulator medical device that has been cleared by the FDA for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) treatment.
- Conditions
- Opioid-Related Disorders, Opioid Dependence, Opioid Addiction, Opioid Withdrawal
- Trial name
- Bridge (NCT04325659)
- Testing
- Bridge Device, Lofexidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University