Clinical trials: Behavioral Addiction
Obesity
W8Loss2Go: mHealth Weight Management Strategy
The investigators will test a recent mobile technology based (mHealth) behavioral weight loss intervention (W8Loss2Go), which is designed for children and adolescents, and uses an addiction model to promote withdrawal from…
- Trial name
- NCT02689154
- Testing
- W8Loss2Go
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Nicotine Addiction, Smoking Cessation
e-Cigarettes Versus NRT Gum for Smoking Cessation
This is a randomized trial comparing electronic cigarettes (e-Cigarettes) to nicotine gum for smoking cessation. Participants will be randomly assigned to either e-cigarette use or nicotine gum use during a quit attempt.
- Trial name
- NCT01925781
- Testing
- Nicotine polacrilex, STAM 1100mAh CE4 eGo Clearomizer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
Alcohol Dependence, Bipolar Disorder
Treatment of Alcohol Dependence and Comorbid Bipolar Disorder
The study will determine if individuals with co-occurring bipolar disorder and alcohol dependence report reduced alcohol consumption, improvement in mood symptoms, and cognitive performance if treated with lamotrigine plus their…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Dependence, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mania
- Trial name
- NCT01015586
- Testing
- Lamotrigine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
HEALing Communities Study
This study will test the impact of implementing the Communities That Helping to End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) intervention on opioid overdose deaths within 67 highly affected communities with the goal of reducing opioid overdose…
- Trial name
- NCT04111939
- Testing
- Communities That HEAL, Wait-list control
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Nicotine Use Disorder
Behavioral Memory Modulation in Nicotine Addiction
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…
- Trial name
- NCT03744559
- Testing
- Retrieval Extinction Training (RET), Control Retrieval Extinction Training (RET)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 191 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Methamphetamine Dependence, Substance Abuse
Varenicline vs Placebo for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence
Methamphetamine (MA) abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States and is responsible for significant public health complications, including HIV infection.
- Conditions
- Methamphetamine Dependence, Substance Abuse, Methamphetamine Abuse
- Trial name
- RAVEN (NCT01011829)
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Smoking, Smoking Cessation
QuitFast: Evaluating Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a Tool to Reduce Smoking Directly Following a Quit Attempt
Cigarette smoking constitutes the greatest preventable cause of mortality and morbidity in the US. The most critical period for long term success of smoking cessation appears to be in the first 7 days after the quit date.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Craving, Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT04159571
- Testing
- Real TBS to the vmPFC
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Opioid Use
Opioid Analgesic Reduction Study
The goal is to provide health care professionals, including dentists, with the best possible evidence for clinical decision making when deciding upon analgesics for acute post-surgical pain management, a double-blind, stratified…
- Trial name
- OARS (NCT04452344)
- Testing
- opioid-containing analgesic, two over-the-counter analgesics
- Where
- 5 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,815 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Substance-Related Disorders, Opioid-Related Disorders
Incentives to Decrease Opioid Use - Pilot
The purpose of this study is to address two key questions in the literature on incentives for substance use. The first question is whether it is more effective to directly incentivize the outcome of interest - drug abstinence …
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Opioid-Related Disorders, Behavior Therapy
- Trial name
- NCT04235582
- Testing
- App + Inputs Contingency Management, App + Outcomes Contingency Management
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Tobacco Dependence
Measuring Neuroadaptations in Response to Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes
The overall goal of this study is to determine if switching to very low nicotine content cigarettes changes the function of brain circuitry involved in incentive salience and executive control among dependent smokers.
- Trial name
- NCT03612960
- Testing
- Very low nicotine content cigarettes, Normal nicotine content cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Opioid Use
Life Care Specialists (LCS) With a Focus on Patient Pain Management and Prevention of Substance Misuse
The overall hypothesis of this randomized-controlled trial is that the introduction of a Life Care Specialist (LCS) as a novel member of the clinical care team will help reduce opioid utilization, decrease pain scores, and…
- Trial name
- NCT04154384
- Testing
- Life Care Specialist (LCS) Intervention, Clinical Coordination with Referrals, Pilot Study of Pain Management Strategies
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 333 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Internet Gaming Disorder
Reducing Internet Gaming
The fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders includes in its research appendix a potential new diagnosis-Internet gaming disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT02726880
- Testing
- Behavioral therapy, Referral for care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 36 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Opiate Dependence
ALK21-013: Efficacy and Safety of Medisorb® Naltrexone (VIVITROL®) in Adults With Opioid Dependence
This is a Phase 3 multi-center trial designed to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of VIVITROL® (Medisorb® naltrexone 380 mg) versus placebo when administered to adults upon discharge from inpatient treatment for opioid…
- Trial name
- NCT00678418
- Testing
- VIVITROL® 380 mg
- Where
- Russia
- Volunteers
- 250 people
- Sponsor
- Alkermes, Inc.
Nicotine Use Disorder
Neural Basis of Eating Behavior in Abstinent Smokers
The purpose of this research study is to better understand why people gain weight when they quit smoking by examining food intake and changes in brain activity in smokers when they are smoking as usual compared to when they have…
- Trial name
- SIT (NCT03438188)
- Testing
- Practice Quit Attempt
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Nicotine Dependence, Nicotine Withdrawal
Progesterone and Brain Imaging Study
Male and female smokers were recruited to undergo 2 phases of smoking cessation. Each phase was 4 days long and involved 3 brain-imaging scans, blood draws and an intervention involving progesterone or a matched placebo.
- Trial name
- NCT01954966
- Testing
- Progesterone
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 81 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Cocaine Dependence
Treatment of Cocaine Dependence With Lisdexamfetamine
This protocol is a 2-group double-blind placebo-controlled outpatient study investigating lisdexamfetamine for treatment of cocaine dependence. The investigators plan to enroll 100 subjects in a 14-week trial.
- Trial name
- NCT00958282
- Testing
- lisdexamfetamine/Behavior Therapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cocaine Dependence, Cocaine Addiction
A Placebo-Controlled Study of a Combination of Metyrapone and Oxazepam in Cocaine Addiction
Subjects will be randomly assigned to receive either one of the two potential dose combinations of the study medications or placebo over 6 weeks.
- Trial name
- NCT00567814
- Testing
- Metyrapone, Oxazepam
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 45 people
- Sponsor
- Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc.
Cocaine Addiction
Lidocaine Infusion as a Treatment for Cocaine Relapse and Craving
We propose that the systemic administration of lidocaine following the induction of cue-induced craving, relative to saline plus cue-induced craving or lidocaine without cue-induced craving, will block the reconsolidation of cue…
- Trial name
- LIDO (NCT01929343)
- Testing
- lidocaine following cue-induced craving, lidocaine following neutral stimulus, saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people
- Sponsor
- Bryon Adinoff
Alcoholism, Nicotine Dependence
Varenicline and Alcohol in Inpatient Addictions Program (IAP)
The overall hypothesis of this line of research is that varenicline will decrease alcohol consumption and tobacco use and will increase alcohol and tobacco abstinence rates.
- Trial name
- NCT01169610
- Testing
- Varenicline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Addiction
STOP Study: Effectiveness of Zyban in a Clinical Population
Despite the significant health, social and economic costs of cigarette smoking, 17% of Ontarians still currently smoke. Use of smoking cessation pharmacotherapy such as Zyban (bupropion HCl) has been shown to double quit rates…
- Conditions
- Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Addiction, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- NCT01015170
- Testing
- bupropion HCl
- Where
- 24 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 454 people
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health