Treatment for Nicotine Addiction in Women

NCT02448654 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2020-11-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to use a medication tolcapone and or placebo to test if the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal lessens , and or changes in smoking urges, and mental reasoning in female smokers over a 72 hour period.

Conditions

  • Nicotine Dependence

Interventions

DRUG

Tolcapone

Tolcapone will be compared to sugar pill

DRUG

Sugar Pill

The sugar pill (placebo) will be compared to tolcapone

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Elise DeVito, Ph.D. · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-23
Primary Completion
2019-06-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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