Progesterone and Brain Imaging Study

Summary

Male and female smokers were recruited to undergo 2 phases of smoking cessation. Each phase was 4 days long and involved 3 brain-imaging scans, blood draws and an intervention involving progesterone or a matched placebo.

Timeline

Start

2010-11

Primary completion

2021-12

Completion

2021-12

Publications

• Background Epperson CN, O'Malley S, Czarkowski KA, Gueorguieva R, Jatlow P, Sanacora G, Rothman DL, Krystal JH, Mason GF. Sex, GABA, and nicotine: the impact of smoking on cortical GABA levels across the menstrual cycle as measured with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Jan 1;57(1):44-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.09.021.
• Background Cai K, Nanga RP, Lamprou L, Schinstine C, Elliott M, Hariharan H, Reddy R, Epperson CN. The impact of gabapentin administration on brain GABA and glutamate concentrations: a 7T (1)H-MRS study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Dec;37(13):2764-71. doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.142. Epub 2012 Aug 8.
• Background Epperson CN, Toll B, Wu R, Amin Z, Czarkowski KA, Jatlow P, Mazure CM, O'Malley SS. Exploring the impact of gender and reproductive status on outcomes in a randomized clinical trial of naltrexone augmentation of nicotine patch. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Nov 1;112(1-2):1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.04.021. Epub 2010 Jun 19.
• Background Mason GF, Petrakis IL, de Graaf RA, Gueorguieva R, Guidone E, Coric V, Epperson CN, Rothman DL, Krystal JH. Cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid levels and the recovery from ethanol dependence: preliminary evidence of modification by cigarette smoking. Biol Psychiatry. 2006 Jan 1;59(1):85-93. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.06.009. Epub 2005 Nov 14.
• Background Cosgrove KP, Mitsis EM, Bois F, Frohlich E, Tamagnan GD, Krantzler E, Perry E, Maciejewski PK, Epperson CN, Allen S, O'malley S, Mazure CM, Seibyl JP, van Dyck CH, Staley JK. 123I-5-IA-85380 SPECT imaging of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability in nonsmokers: effects of sex and menstrual phase. J Nucl Med. 2007 Oct;48(10):1633-40. doi: 10.2967/jnumed.107.042317. Epub 2007 Sep 14.
• Novick AM, Duffy KA, Johnson RL, Sammel MD, Cao W, Strasser AA, Sofuoglu M, Kuzma A, Loughead J, Morrow AL, Epperson CN. Effect of progesterone administration in male and female smokers on nicotine withdrawal and neural response to smoking cues: role of progesterone conversion to allopregnanolone. Biol Sex Differ. 2022 Oct 23;13(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s13293-022-00472-w.
• Novick AM, Duffy KA, Johnson RL, Sammel MD, Cao W, Strasser AA, Sofuoglu M, Kuzma A, Loughead J, Epperson CN. Progesterone Increases Nicotine Withdrawal and Anxiety in Male but Not Female Smokers During Brief Abstinence. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Nov 12;24(12):1898-1905. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntac146.

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