Brain Reaction to Treatment of Nicotine Dependence

Summary

The purpose of the study was to determine how the treatments for cigarette craving work. Hypothesis: During exposure to cigarette-related cues, heavy smokers will have greater reductions in regional brain activation from before to after both forms of active treatments than from before to after placebo.

Timeline

Start

2002-10

Primary completion

2007-04

Completion

2011-06

Drugs

Indications