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Naltrexone Augmentation of Nicotine Patch Therapy - 1

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Tobacco Use Disorder
Registration Number
NCT00218153
Lead Sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Brief Summary

Naltrexone Augmentation of Nicotine Patch Therapy

Detailed Description

This double blind placebo controlled study is designed to determine whether naltrexone can be used to help reduce cigarette use and craving for cigarettes. Eligible participants will receive 21mg transdermal nicotine as an outpatient. In addition, participants will receive one of three doses of naltrexone (25,50 or 100mg) or a placebo and brief counseling over the course of six weeks with follow-up appointments three, six, and twelve months after the beginning of treatment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  1. Age 18 and older
  2. Willingness and ability to give written consent
  3. Smoking 20 cigarettes per day for at least 1 year
  4. At least one prior attempt to stop smoking
  5. Baseline expired carbon-monoxide level of at least 10 ppm
  6. Weigh at least 100 lbs.
  7. English speaking
  8. One person per household
Exclusion Criteria
  1. Pregnant or nursing women or women who do not use a reliable form of birth control
  2. Unstable cardiac disease
  3. History of dermatoses
  4. Current alcohol dependence
  5. Current use of opiates
  6. A urine drug screen that is positive for opiates
  7. Serious current neurologic, psychiatric or medical illness
  8. Chronic pain conditions necessitating opioid treatment
  9. Evidence of significant hepatocellular injury as evidence by SGOT or SGPT >3 x normal or elevated bilirubin
  10. Current use of smokeless tobacco, pipes, cigars, nicotine gum or nicotine patch
  11. Patients requiring concomitant therapy with any psychotropic drug or on any drug with a psychotropic component

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Substance Abuse Treatment Unit

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

VA Connecticut Health Care System

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New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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