eurocognitive measures as predictors for quit success in smokers

Recruiting

Conditions: icotine verslaving
Smokers
Tobacco addiction

Registration Number: NL-OMON37678

Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

1) Signed informed consent
2) Age between 30 and 60 years
3) Smoking at least 15 cigarettes a day for smokers / not smoked more than 5 cigarettes lifetime for non smokers
4) Participants must be able to normally read from a computer screen.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Epilepsy
2) History of gross neurological or psychiatric disorders
3) Regular use of addictive drugs other than nicotine
4) Use of Psychoactive medication except from medication to support giving up smoking

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Main study parameters are quit success rates in smokers. ERP modulations<br /><br>representing error-processing, inhibitory control and smoking cue-reactivity<br /><br>will be used to predict quit success. The study will end when 75 smokers<br /><br>completed all study procedures. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>- number of days before relapse<br /><br>- difference in the amount of smoking after the quit attempt relative to<br /><br>baseline measures<br /><br>- Age, gender and education<br /><br>- Craving scores before and after task performance<br /><br>- Baseline nicotine dependence levels<br /><br>- Use of psychoactive medication to support the quit attempt<br /><br>- Trait impulsivity measures<br /><br>- Mood states at moment of testing<br /><br>- Measures of alcohol use and recreational use of other drugs</p><br>