Pharmacogenetics, Emotional Reactivity and Smoking Cessation: Genetic Differences in Limbic Activation Associated With Nicotine Withdrawal
试验速览
- 阶段
- 3 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 64
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Stimulus type (positive, negative, neutral, cigarette) by group (Bupropion/ Varenicline/Placebo)
研究概览
简要总结
Objectives:
- To evaluate neural correlates associated with emotional processing during nicotine withdrawal preferentially involving the amygdala and associated areas within the corticolimbic and mesolimbic circuitry. We hypothesize that relative to a pre-quit baseline, post-quit nicotine withdrawal will result in increased activity to negative emotional cues, in contrast to other cues, in one or more areas of interest, and particularly in the right cerebral hemisphere.
- To determine if bupropion and varenicline moderate patterns of brain activation during post-quit nicotine withdrawal. We hypothesize that relative to placebo, bupropion and varenicline will attenuate the effects of post-quit nicotine withdrawal on emotional processing, reducing activation to negative emotional cues, relative to other cues, in one or more areas of interest, and particularly in the right cerebral hemisphere.
- To determine if genotype (DRD2 TaqA2 allele and the ins variant of the -141C ins/del DRD2) moderates patterns of brain activation during post-quit nicotine withdrawal.
详细描述
Before you begin participation in this study, you will be asked to provide the names and addresses of 3 contacts (family member/friends) who will know your current contact information. This is so study researchers can stay in contact with you throughout the study. This is in case study researchers may need to reach you in order to reschedule your appointment time. You will also be asked to sign a letter giving your contacts permission to provide your contact information to the study staff.
If the staff is not able to reach you, they may try to locate you through telephone directory assistance or the internet. If the study staff is still unable to locate you, they may use a locator service, such as Transunion or the National Change of Address (NCOA) database, which is maintained by the United States Postal Service.
If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked to come to the Behavioral Science Research Clinic at M. D. Anderson for up to 2 laboratory sessions. One session will be while you are smoking, and one session will be while you are abstinent from smoking (not smoking).
At each of these sessions, you will have functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of your brain while you are looking at slides. fMRI involves a scanner that uses a large magnet, instead of x-rays, to take pictures of the inside of your body. The slides will include pictures of people, nature scenes, artwork, victims of car crashes, medical procedures (such as open surgery or autopsy), and nude people. You will be shown examples of these slides before having the fMRI, and you will be given the opportunity to withdraw from this study at that time. If you choose to continue on this study, you will have an fMRI taken of your brain. This will involve being passed into a narrow tube-shaped scanner that is open at both ends. During the fMRI, your brain electrical activity will be monitored. The total time for each lab session will last about 1.5 hours.
You should not drink more than 2 cups of coffee or other caffeine drinks at least 2 1/2 hours before each session. This is because caffeine may affect brain functioning. Before one or both of your sessions, you may be asked to not smoke from bedtime on the day before the session until after the session on the next day. Before one or both of your sessions, you may be asked to smoke as you would regularly. Additionally, you may be asked to smoke during one or both of your laboratory sessions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Subject must be a participant in 'Pharmacogenetics, Emotional Reactivity & Smoking' (protocol 2003-1024).
- •Both parents must be of European descent. The sample will be limited to individuals of European descent because the majority of the published work on the genes of interest has been limited to this racial group. This has been done mostly to prevent population stratification in genetic studies, since allele frequency differences often exist among groups with differing continents of origin.
- •Right handed. The sample is limited to right handed individuals since we will analyze our neuroimaging data for lateralization effects and inclusion of participants of mixed handedness could confound the results.
- •Age: 18 years or older
排除标准
- •Contraindications for MR imaging procedures (e.g., subjects with certain types of implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers, neurostimulators, etc., or subjects who are claustrophobic).
结局指标
主要结局
Stimulus type (positive, negative, neutral, cigarette) by group (Bupropion/ Varenicline/Placebo)
时间窗: Pre-quit to 1-2 days post-quit
次要结局
未报告次要终点