addictions Clinical Trials
A listing of addictions medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
Found 135 clinical trials
Targeting Orexin to Treat Nicotine Dependence
Tobacco smoking continues to be the primary cause of preventable mortality in the United States. Despite the availability of smoking cessation aids, the majority of those trying to quit smoking end up relapsing. Thus, there is a strong need to evaluate alternative treatment targets such as orexin antagonists, which have …
Community-based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Adults With High Stress Sensitivity.
Anxiety sensitivity, reflecting the fear of bodily sensations, is a risk factor for the maintenance and relapse of smoking. This study is designed to address the question - is a smoking cessation intervention personalized to high anxiety sensitive smokers and adapted for implementation by the YMCA effective among racially/ethnically diverse …
Optimizing Tobacco Use Treatment for PLWHA
The advent of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) substantially improved life expectancy but has also led to the critical need to address modifiable risk factors associated with cancer and cardiovascular disease, such as tobacco smoking. HIV-infected smokers lose more life-years due to tobacco use than they …
Orexin s Role in the Neurobiology of Substance Use Disorder
Study Description: Despite the availability of pharmacotherapy for some substance use disorders, relapse vulnerability is still a significant issue. This suggests medications with alternative mechanisms of action should be explored to address this unmet need. Substantial preclinical research indicates that orexin antagonism blunts the internally and externally triggered motivation to …
Pharmacokinetics, Subjective Effects, and Abuse Liability of Nicotine Salt-Based Vaping Products With Tobacco or Unflavored E-liquids, SALTVAPE Study
This trial studies activity of time (pharmacokinetics), subjective effects, and abuse liability of nicotine salt-based vaping products with tobacco or e-liquids. This study aims to determine and compare the levels of nicotine delivered to the bloodstream from nicotine salt and free-base nicotine e-liquid solutions.
Electronic Cigarettes and Reactivity to Smoking Cues
The purpose of this study is to determine whether electronic cigarettes can reduce reactivity to smoking-related cues.
Nicotine and Pavlovian Bias
Nicotine remains a major cause of health problems in the US and around the world. Insight into the behavioral changes induced by nicotine use may help advance the understanding of the mechanisms underlying the maintenance of nicotine addiction and thus the important factors involved in the quitting process. Pavlovian bias …
Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN): TCU Clinical Research Center
There are two study periods for the TCU JCOIN project. The primary aims of Study 1 (approved by the TCU IRB) are (1) to gather information from staff on the current treatment referral process within participating communities and (2) to learn about the existing interrelationships between medical and community behavioral …
The Use of Nursing-students-led bCBTMI
The use of the internet is very popular in adolescence. Notwithstanding the benefits from the internet, many users are addicted to the internet and develop problematic behaviours which are regarded as "Internet addiction" (IA). Trained nursing students, who are the future nurses and well-equipped with basic health knowledge, as the …
Long-acting Naltrexone for Pre-release Prisoners
This proposed five-year study will focus on whether the addition of providing XR-NTX treatment at a patients' place of residence will increase adherence and thus efficacy of the medication.Following initial screening, informed consent, and medical examination, pre-release prisoners at each facility will be block randomized (N=240) within gender to either: …