Fluoxetine as a Quit Smoking AID for Depression Prone

Summary

To test whether adding fluoxetine pharmacotherapy to behavioral cessation treatment improves the depression-prone smoker's ability to quit.

Timeline

Start

1998-02

Primary completion

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Completion

2002-01

Publications

• Background Hitsman B, Spring B, Wolf W, Pingitore R, Crayton JW, Hedeker D. Effects of acute tryptophan depletion on negative symptoms and smoking topography in nicotine-dependent schizophrenics and nonpsychiatric controls. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2005 Mar;30(3):640-8. doi: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300651.
• Background Sanchez-Johnsen LA, Fitzgibbon ML, Ahluwalia JS, Spring BJ. Eating pathology among Black and White smokers. Eat Behav. 2005 Feb;6(2):127-36. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.08.011.
• Background Holmes EW, Russell PM, Kinzler GJ, Reckard CR, Flanigan RC, Thompson KD, Bermes EW Jr. Oxidative tryptophan metabolism in renal allograft recipients: increased kynurenine synthesis is associated with inflammation and OKT3 therapy. Cytokine. 1992 May;4(3):205-13. doi: 10.1016/1043-4666(92)90057-x.
• Background Cook JW, Spring B, McChargue DE, Borrelli B, Hitsman B, Niaura R, Keuthen NJ, Kristeller J. Influence of fluoxetine on positive and negative affect in a clinic-based smoking cessation trial. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2004 Apr;173(1-2):153-9. doi: 10.1007/s00213-003-1711-8. Epub 2004 Jan 15.
• Background Spring B, Pagoto S, McChargue D, Hedeker D, Werth J. Altered reward value of carbohydrate snacks for female smokers withdrawn from nicotine. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2003 Sep;76(2):351-60. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2003.08.008.
• Background Spring B, Pingitore R, McChargue DE. Reward value of cigarette smoking for comparably heavy smoking schizophrenic, depressed, and nonpatient smokers. Am J Psychiatry. 2003 Feb;160(2):316-22. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.2.316.
• Background Johnsen L, MacKirnan D, Spring B, Pingitore R, Sommerfeld BK. Smoking as subculture? Influence on Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women's attitudes toward smoking and obesity. Health Psychol. 2002 May;21(3):279-87. doi: 10.1037//0278-6133.21.3.279.
• Background Hitsman B, Spring B, Borrelli B, Niaura R, Papandonatos GD. Influence of antidepressant pharmacotherapy on behavioral treatment adherence and smoking cessation outcome in a combined treatment involving fluoxetine. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2001 Nov;9(4):355-62. doi: 10.1037//1064-1297.9.4.355.
• Background Richmond M, Spring B, Sommerfeld BK, MeChargue D. Rumination and cigarette smoking: a bad combination for depressive outcomes? J Consult Clin Psychol. 2001 Oct;69(5):836-40. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.69.5.836.
• Background Borrelli B, Spring B, Niaura R, Kristeller J, Ockene JK, Keuthen NJ. Weight suppression and weight rebound in ex-smokers treated with fluoxetine. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1999 Feb;67(1):124-31. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.67.1.124.

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