Clinical trials: Behavioral Addiction
Tobacco Use Disorder, Dual Tobacco Use
Addictive Potential of LCCs in Dual Users
This study is about whether or not little cigars and cigarillos cause or maintain addiction, and if flavors, such as fruit, make them more addictive.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Disorder, Dual Tobacco Use, Tobacco Dependence, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT03496077
- Testing
- Flavored and unflavored little cigars/cigarillos (LCCs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Addiction
Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions for Addictive Behaviors
Background: Many smartphone apps intend to help people with addictions. But not enough is known about how they should work. Researchers want to study an app that gives people the advice they need, just when they need it.
- Trial name
- NCT03538652
- Testing
- Formative Interviews (not an intervention), Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Nicotine Addiction, Drug Addiction
Clinical Trial of Smoking Cessation Mobile Phone Program
The Sponsor is doing a research study to assess the effects of a smartphone program designed to help users smoke less and eventually quit. When participants join, their involvement in the core study will last 8 weeks.
- Conditions
- Nicotine Addiction, Drug Addiction, Drug Dependence, Substance Use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT02656745
- Testing
- Mobile Smoking Cessation Solution
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 416 people
- Sponsor
- Click Therapeutics, Inc.
Alcohol Use Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Piloting "Signs of Safety": A Deaf-Accessible Therapy Toolkit for Alcohol Use Disorder and Trauma
The U.S. Deaf community - more than 500,000 Americans who communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) - experiences nearly triple the rate of lifetime problem drinking and twice the rate of trauma exposure as compared to the…
- Trial name
- NCT03845985
- Testing
- Seeking Safety + Signs of Safety toolkit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
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
Nicotine Addiction, E-Cig Use
Quit Smoking Study for People Who Use E-Cigarettes
The overarching aim of this proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to test nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with text message support for two smoking cessation approaches among young adult dual users of combustible…
- Conditions
- Nicotine Addiction, E-Cig Use, Quitting Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT04946825
- Testing
- Nicotine replacement therapy patch, Nicotine replacement therapy lozenge, Quit electronic cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 396 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vermont
Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology
An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching
The proposed multi-site randomized control trial (RCT) will test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching and second as an identical approach…
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Mobile Technology, Addiction
- Trial name
- NCT03500835
- Testing
- App, Coaching, Clinic: Modified KidsNFitness
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Addiction, Depression/Anxiety
Healing Lodge First Face Training Evaluation Study
The purpose of this study is to evaluate a culturally grounded training program, xaʔtus (meaning First Face) for Mental Health. This program will train community members in how to recognize and respond to youth and adults…
- Conditions
- Addiction, Depression/Anxiety, Trauma, Psychological, Self-harm
- Trial name
- NCT06290180
- Testing
- First Face for Mental Heatlh
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cambridge Health Alliance
Depression, Marijuana Abuse
Free Venlafaxine Treatment for Marijuana Addiction and Depression - 1
The purpose of this study is to determine if Venlafaxine Extended Release (Ven-XR) is effective in treating individuals with marijuana addiction and depression.
- Trial name
- VEN (NCT00131456)
- Testing
- Venlafaxine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Cocaine-Related Disorders, Heroin Dependence
Employment-based Reinforcement of Naltrexone Ingestion and Abstinence
A randomized study is planned over 5 years to evaluate the effectiveness of the Therapeutic Workplace in promoting naltrexone ingestion and abstinence in unemployed opiate-dependent injection drug users.
- Conditions
- Cocaine-Related Disorders, Heroin Dependence, Opioid-Related Disorders, Substance Abuse, Intravenous
- Trial name
- NCT00149669
- Testing
- employment-based reinforcement
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Cocaine Dependence
Effect of Zonisamide on Cocaine Reinforcement, Craving, and Relapse
This is a residential pilot trial to evaluate the pharmacodynamic interaction between zonisamide and cocaine, with the goal of evaluating zonisamide's potential for the treatment of cocaine dependence.
- Trial name
- NCT01137890
- Testing
- Zonisamide, Cocaine Hydrochloride, Neurocognitive and Performance Battery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
PTSD, Addiction
N-acetylcysteine in the Treatment of PTSD and Addiction
Examine the effects of N-acetylcysteine on PTSD symptoms, craving and substance use in veterans with PTSD and comorbid substance use disorders.
- Trial name
- NAC (NCT02499029)
- Testing
- N-acetylcysteine
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
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
Substance Use Disorders
The Effect of a Contingency Management Intervention on Substance Use
Contingency management interventions involve providing a tangible reward for progress toward treatment goals. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a contingency management intervention added to usual care leads to…
- Trial name
- REAP (NCT00252512)
- Testing
- Contingency Management
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 332 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
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)
Opioid Related Disorders, Pregnancy
RCT Comparing Methadone and Buprenorphine in Pregnant Women
Children born to women who abuse drugs have a high risk of being born with birth defects and developmental problems. Methadone is a drug that is commonly used for treating opioid dependence.
- Conditions
- Opioid Related Disorders, Pregnancy, Opioid Dependence
- Trial name
- NCT00271219
- Testing
- Methadone, Buprenorphine
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Austria and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 175 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Addiction
Cognitive Enhancement as a Target for Cocaine Pharmacotherapy
Specific Aim #1: To determine if galantamine (8 or 16 mg/day) is more effective than placebo in reducing cocaine use as measured by cocaine urine results and self-report days of use.
- Trial name
- NCT01531153
- Testing
- Galantamine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Drug Use, Alcohol Use
Specialized Community Disease Management to Reduce Substance Use and Hospital Readmissions
This study will assess Specialized Community Disease Management (SCDM), an intervention which employs various evidence-based strategies to engage substance using co-morbid patients while in the hospital and follow them into the…
- Conditions
- Drug Use, Alcohol Use, Congestive Heart Failure, Pneumonia
- Trial name
- NCT02059005
- Testing
- Specialized Community Disease Management, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 97 people
- Sponsor
- Treatment Research Institute
Methamphetamine Dependence
Modafinil vs Placebo for the Treatment of Methamphetamine Dependence
Modafinil is a non-amphetamine type stimulant that acts as a wakefulness-promoting drug, and is approved for managing symptoms of narcolepsy (i.e., daytime somnolence).
- Trial name
- Modafinil (NCT00469508)
- Testing
- Modafinil
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Tobacco Use Disorder, Nicotine Addiction
Cognitive Training for Nicotine Dependence
This randomized clinical trial tested the effects of a computerized (web-based) cognitive training intervention on smoking cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT01252966
- Testing
- Cognitive Training, Control training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 213 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania