RECRUITING

Linking Brain Network Dynamics to Imminent Smoking Lapse Risk and Behavior

Study Overview

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Description

Most attempts to quit smoking end in relapse, or a return to regular smoking. One of the biggest threats to cessation is a lapse (i.e., any cigarette use during a quit attempt). Thus, characterizing why lapses occur is essential to understanding and preventing smoking relapse. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a promising method for characterizing the psychological processes that lead to smoking lapses because it provides a way to measures patterns of brain activity thought to reflect relevant mental processes as they change over time. However, methodological issues have hindered the ability to capitalize on this potential and prevented an understanding of how brain activity and corresponding psychological processes unfold in the critical moments that immediately precede a smoking lapse. The proposed project will address this knowledge gap using a novel fMRI paradigm adapted from a well-validated behavioral lapse task. The goals of the project are to characterize changes in brain activity that lead up to a lapse and to investigate how these changes are related to concurrent affect and subsequent cigarette use.

Official Title

Linking Brain Network Dynamics to Imminent Smoking Lapse Risk and Behavior

Quick Facts

Study Start:2023-04-04
Study Completion:2027-08
Study Type:Not specified
Phase:Not Applicable
Enrollment:Not specified
Status:RECRUITING

Study ID

NCT05572671

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:21 Years to 65 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study:ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:Yes
Standard Ages:ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Inclusion CriteriaExclusion Criteria
  1. * Participants must be between the ages of 21 and 65.
  2. * Participants must be fluent English speakers.
  3. * Participants must pass an MRI safety screening.
  4. * Participants must report smoking at least six cigarettes per day continuously for at least the 12 preceding months.
  5. * Participants must have a baseline expired-air carbon monoxide exceeding 10 parts per million in order to verify smoking status.
  1. * Individuals will be excluded if they report that they are not willing to refrain from using nicotine for 12 hours before the experimental lab visit.
  2. * Individuals will be excluded if they have any known risk from exposure to high-field strength magnetic fields (e.g., pacemakers), any irremovable metallic foreign objects in their body (e.g., braces), or a questionable history of metallic fragments that are likely to create artifact on the MRI scans.

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations (Sites)

The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania, 16870
United States

Collaborators and Investigators

Sponsor: Penn State University

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates

Study Start Date2023-04-04
Study Completion Date2027-08

Study Record Updates

Study Start Date2023-04-04
Study Completion Date2027-08

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

  • Smoking
  • Tobacco Use