- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03248713
Glucocorticoid Antagonist Treatment for Tobacco Use Disorder
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
This will be a double-blind, placebo-controlled study that tests the effects of a 7-day treatment with 600 mg mifepristone, or placebo, on cognitive function, tobacco withdrawal severity and smoking behavior. Once the intake and physical examination is completed and eligibility is determined, subjects will participate in a baseline session to become familiar with the study procedures and to assess baseline measures of withdrawal, smoking urges, pain sensitivity, and cognitive performance. Subjects will be asked to refrain from consuming alcoholic beverages and drugs during their study participation. This will be verified by urine drug screening and breathalyzer before the session and during outpatient visits. If results indicate non-compliance with these study procedures, subjects will be discharged from the study.
Participants will be assessed for compliance with medication treatment, withdrawal severity, recent smoking behavior, and cognitive function during treatment visits on Days 1 and 4. On Day 7, following overnight abstinence from smoking, participants will attend a test session that models relapse to smoking. During this session, subjects will have the option to smoke, or to delay smoking in exchange for monetary compensation (45). To examine if mifepristone's proposed therapeutic effects last beyond the treatment duration (as observed in previous studies), there will be 1-week and 1-month follow-up assessments on smoking behavior, urges to smoke, endocrine biomarkers, and cognitive function.
Participants in each group will complete the laboratory-based, delayed smoking procedure in a designated, negative pressure room in Bldg. 36 of the West Haven VA just after assessing pain sensitivity with the cPT. This sequence allows the cPT to assess pain sensitivity, a potential biomarker of relapse behavior, and to also be used as a mild stressor prior to participation in the smoking relapse model. Participants will be instructed to abstain from smoking after 10 pm the night before Test Sessions. Abstinence will be confirmed the morning of the session by measuring a breath CO level of < 8 ppm.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Early Phase 1
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Connecticut
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West Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06516
- Veterans Affairs Hospital
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male smokers aged 18 to 55 years;
- History of smoking at least 5 cigarettes daily for the past 12 months;
- In good health as verified by medical history, screening examination, and -screening laboratory tests
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of mifepristone allergy;
- Requirement of any form of regular psychotropic medication (antidepressants, antipsychotics, or anxiolytics) and recent psychiatric history (in the past 6 months);
- Medical illnesses including diabetes, cardiovascular, renal, endocrine, or hepatic disorders;
- Prolonged QTc interval >450 msec;
- History of adrenal insufficiency or a morning plasma cortisol level less than 5 mcg/dl at screening;
- Hypokalemia at screening (defined as potassium level < 3.5 mEq/L);
- Current use of clinically significant CYP 3A4 substrates including, simvastatin, lovastatin, cyclosporine, ergotamines, fentanyl, pimozide, quinidine, sirolimus, tacrolimus, triazolam, midazolam.
- use of rifapentin, phenobarbital, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and St. John's Wort.
- Current use of strong 3A4 inhibitors including ketoconazole, itraconazole, nefazodone, ritonavir, nelfinavir, indinavir, atazanavir, amprenavir, fosamprenivir, boceprevir, clarithromycin, conivaptan, lopinavir, mibefradil, posaconazole, saquinavir, telaprevir, telithromycin, voriconazole.
- Treatment with systemic corticosteroids
- Current use of clinically significant CYP 3A inducers (e.g., rifampin, rifabutin);
- Abuse of alcohol or any other illicit or prescription drugs;
- Inability to tolerate cold exposure due to conditions such as peripheral -vascular disease or Raynaud's phenomenon;
- Inability to fulfill all scheduled visits and examination procedures throughout the study period.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: CROSSOVER
- Masking: DOUBLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Mifepristone
Mifepristone 600 mg/day in 2 tablets
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Placebo sugar 2 tablets will be compared to mifepristone
Other Names:
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PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo
matching placebo in 2 tablets
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Mifepristone 600mg 2 tablets will be compared to the placebo
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Symptom Checklist (M-NWSC)
Time Frame: one week
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Smokers will be asked to rate several nicotine withdrawal symptoms on a 100 mm scale, from "not at all" to "extremely."
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one week
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Chemically-Induced Disorders
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Tobacco Use Disorder
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
- Hormone Antagonists
- Contraceptive Agents, Hormonal
- Contraceptive Agents
- Reproductive Control Agents
- Contraceptives, Oral
- Contraceptive Agents, Female
- Contraceptives, Oral, Synthetic
- Abortifacient Agents
- Luteolytic Agents
- Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal
- Contraceptives, Postcoital, Synthetic
- Contraceptives, Postcoital
- Menstruation-Inducing Agents
- Mifepristone
Other Study ID Numbers
- MS053
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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