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Neural Basis of Eating Behavior in Abstinent Smokers

NCT03438188 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 82

Last updated 2025-02-05

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Summary

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 been deprived of cigarettes (i.e., have not smoked for 4 days) as compared to a non-smoker control group.

Conditions

  • Nicotine Use Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Practice Quit Attempt

Smokers will be studied under 2 conditions: smoking as usual and during a 4 day practice quit attempt.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • James Loughead · University of Pennsylvania

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-03-01
Primary Completion
2023-04-01
Completion
2023-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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