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Evaluation of the Efficacy of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) Low-frequency on Craving in Smoking Dependence

NCT02812810 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2026-02-06

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Summary

The fight against smoking is a public health priority. Without help, fewer than 5% of des smokers are abstinent at 12 months after smoking cessation.

Despite well-managed attempts at smoking cessation with nicotine substitutes, the rate of success at 12 months in patients dependent on nicotine is only 18%. Moreover, other therapeutic strategies (acupuncture, hypnosis…) have not proved to be effective.

The investigators propose a new therapeutic strategy for smoking cessation, which is based on associating nicotine substitutes (to reduce physical symptoms of weaning from nicotine) with rTMS at 1 Hz to the right DorsoLateral PreFrontal Cortex (DLPFC) for 2 weeks (to diminish craving for tobacco). The principal objective is to improve the success rate for smoking cessation attempts in patients who are highly dependent on nicotine, and who have failed using usual smoking cessation strategies.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

active rTMS

DEVICE

sham rTMS

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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