Status:

COMPLETED

Modeling Stress-precipitated Smoking Behavior for Medication Development

Lead Sponsor:

Yale University

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

Conditions:

Smoking

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-60 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether guanfacine will attenuate the ability of stress to precipitate smoking lapse behavior in treatment seeking and non-treatment seeking daily smokers.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ages 18-60
  • able to read and write in English
  • smokers

Exclusion

  • any significant current medical conditions that would contraindicate smoking
  • current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV (DSM-IV) abuse or dependence of other substances, other than nicotine (or caffeine) dependence
  • positive test result at intake appointments on urine drug screens conducted for opiates, cocaine, or benzodiazepines
  • women who are pregnant or nursing
  • suicidal, homicidal or evidence of severe mental illness
  • participants prescribed any psychotropic drug in the 30 days prior to study enrollment
  • blood donation within the past 6 weeks
  • participants who have engaged in a quit attempt in the past 3 months
  • specific exclusions for administration of guanfacine not already specified include: Hypotensive individuals with sitting blood pressure below 90/50 mmHG; EKG evidence at baseline screening of any clinically significant conduction abnormalities, including a Bazett's corrected QT interval (QTc) \>450 msec for men and QTc\>470 msec for women; known intolerance for guanfacine

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00773357

Start Date

October 1 2008

End Date

July 31 2021

Last Update

August 3 2022

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Yale Center for Clinical Investigation, Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06519