Status:

COMPLETED

Cognitive Remediation With D-Cycloserine

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Conditions:

Smoking Cessation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

One hundred seventy-five eligible participants will be enrolled with aim of randomizing 60 to a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of D-cycloserine added to cue-exposure treatment to prevent relap...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants must have smoked an average of ≥ 10 cigarettes/day during the past 6 months
  • have expired air CO ≥ 10 ppm or urine cotinine ≥ 100 ng/mL
  • meet DSM-IV criteria for nicotine dependence
  • aged 18 - 65
  • Recently abstinent participants referred by a PCP, smoking cessation clinic or self referred must have an expired air CO \< 10 ppm to confirm abstinence

Exclusion

  • Severe or uncontrolled medical or psychiatric illness
  • History of multiple hospitalizations within the last six months for an ongoing medical condition
  • Any significant, current and unstable cardiovascular disease, end stage renal failure, severe COPD requiring oxygen, any current unstable neurological disease, a history of seizures or epilepsy, or a history of head trauma with lasting neurological sequelae, will be excluded for their safety.
  • Major depressive episode, mania or mixed episode in the prior 6 months
  • Lifetime history of psychosis, delusional disorder, organic mental disorder by DSM-IV criteria, or ongoing cognitive impairment will also be excluded for their safety,
  • Current excessive use of alcohol (\>21 drinks/week in female subjects; \>28 drinks/week in male subjects)
  • Current use of illicit drugs.
  • Current steroid use, current, daily use of benzodiazepines, or participants who are unwilling to modify their benzodiazepine use will.
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women will be excluded, as well as women of childbearing potential who will not use a medically acceptable method of contraception (i.e. IUD, oral contraceptives).
  • Participants who are deaf, blind, or experience any other significant sensory impairment that would preclude them from completing study procedures will also be excluded, as well as participants who are unable to understand study procedures or provide informed consent.
  • Participants receiving isoniazid or ethionamide, or who have a known sensitivity to D-cycloserine.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

October 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01399866

Start Date

May 1 2011

End Date

October 1 2013

Last Update

September 26 2018

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Massachusetts General Hospital - Center For Addiction Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114