Naltrexone Augmentation of Nicotine Patch Therapy - 1
- 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
- Age 18 and older
- Willingness and ability to give written consent
- Smoking 20 cigarettes per day for at least 1 year
- At least one prior attempt to stop smoking
- Baseline expired carbon-monoxide level of at least 10 ppm
- Weigh at least 100 lbs.
- English speaking
- One person per household
- Pregnant or nursing women or women who do not use a reliable form of birth control
- Unstable cardiac disease
- History of dermatoses
- Current alcohol dependence
- Current use of opiates
- A urine drug screen that is positive for opiates
- Serious current neurologic, psychiatric or medical illness
- Chronic pain conditions necessitating opioid treatment
- Evidence of significant hepatocellular injury as evidence by SGOT or SGPT >3 x normal or elevated bilirubin
- Current use of smokeless tobacco, pipes, cigars, nicotine gum or nicotine patch
- 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
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (2)
Substance Abuse Treatment Unit
🇺🇸New Haven, Connecticut, United States
VA Connecticut Health Care System
🇺🇸New Haven, Connecticut, United States