D-Cycloserine Facilitation of Cocaine - Cue Extinction

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the use of d-cycloserine (DCS) to facilitate extinction of response to cocaine cues in cocaine-dependent individuals, in hopes that it may lead to the development of new treatment options for cocaine dependence.

Timeline

Start

2008-09

Primary completion

2011-10

Completion

2011-10

Publications

• Prisciandaro JJ, Joseph JE, Myrick H, McRae-Clark AL, Henderson S, Pfeifer J, Brady KT. The relationship between years of cocaine use and brain activation to cocaine and response inhibition cues. Addiction. 2014 Dec;109(12):2062-70. doi: 10.1111/add.12666. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
• Prisciandaro JJ, Myrick H, Henderson S, McRae-Clark AL, Santa Ana EJ, Saladin ME, Brady KT. Impact of DCS-facilitated cue exposure therapy on brain activation to cocaine cues in cocaine dependence. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Sep 1;132(1-2):195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Mar 14.

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