NCT05947162

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to reveal the role and mechanism of orexin in nicotine addicts, compared to healthy control. The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Whether nicotine addiction-related behaviors, including nicotine withdrawal symptoms, cue-induced increased psychological craving, and relapse behavior are related to plasma orexin levels ?
  • What is the neural mechanism of the orexin system in the fMRI brain network? Participants will be asked to do as followed:
  • Day 1: Fill in the scale, test the concentration of exhaled CO, collect 5ml of blood from the vein, and take about 60 minutes.
  • Day 1-3: Test and record the amount of smoking for 3 days, about 5 minutes.
  • Day 4-5: Collect fMRI data, for about 60 minutes, perform extinction training, for about 30 minutes
  • Day 6: Fill in the scale, test the concentration of CO in exhaled breath, collect 5ml of venous blood, test after subsidence and ignition test, and collect fMRI data, for about 60 minutes.
  • Follow-up (2 weeks/4 weeks): Complete the follow-up on smoking craving and relapse by phone within 2 weeks, about 5 minutes, and complete the scale and collect fMRI data in the 4th week, about 60 minutes.

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Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
150

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for not_applicable

Timeline
15mo left

Started Nov 2023

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
not yet recruiting

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Progress67%
Nov 2023Jul 2027

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

June 14, 2023

Completed
1 month until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 17, 2023

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Study Start

First participant enrolled

November 1, 2023

Completed
3.7 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

July 31, 2027

Expected
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

July 31, 2027

Last Updated

October 13, 2023

Status Verified

October 1, 2023

Enrollment Period

3.7 years

First QC Date

June 14, 2023

Last Update Submit

October 12, 2023

Conditions

Keywords

nicotineorexincravingwithdrawal

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • Change from baseline in smoking craving on Visual Analog Scale of Cigarette Craving at week 2

    Nicotine-specific Visual Analog Scale is a valid measurements of craving for a cigarette. Possible scores range from 0 (no craving) to 10 (want cigarette imediately). Change= (Week 2 score - baseline score)

    baseline and week 2

  • change from baseline in smoking craving on Visual Analog Scale of Cigarette Craving at week 4

    Nicotine-specific Visual Analog Scale is a valid measurements of craving for a cigarette. Possible scores range from 0 (no craving) to 10 (want cigarette imediately). Change= (Week 2 score - baseline score)

    baseline and week 4

  • Change from baseline in orexin level at 24 hours after administration of extinction training.

    Collect 5ml of venous blood from particicpants and use a detection kit to detect orexin level.

    baseline and 24 hours after administration of extinction training.

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Fagerstrom Nicotine Dependence Test

    baseline

Study Arms (6)

smoking cessation combining with nicotine cue extinction training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants should stop smoking after 18:00 the night before the test. Combined with cue exposure therapy, nicotine addicts were repeatedly presented with nicotine cue picture stimuli for extinction training, which lasted for 25 minutes.

Behavioral: extinction training (nicotine cues)Behavioral: Time-restricted smoking cessation

smoking cessation combining with neutral cue extinction training

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants should stop smoking after 18:00 the night before the test, they are combined with cue exposure therapy, by repeatedly presenting neutral cue picture stimuli to nicotine addicts, and performing extinction training for 25 minutes.

Behavioral: extinction training (neutral cues)Behavioral: Time-restricted smoking cessation

smoking cessation combining with fasting and nicotine cue extinction training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants should stop smoking and eating food after 18:00 the night before the test. Combined with cue exposure therapy, nicotine addicts are repeatedly presented with nicotine cue picture stimuli for extinction training, which lasts for 25 minutes.

Behavioral: extinction training (nicotine cues)Behavioral: Time-restricted smoking cessationBehavioral: Time-restricted fasting

smoking cessation combining with fasting and neutral cue extinction training

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Participants should stop smoking and eating food after 18:00 the night before the test. Combined with cue exposure therapy, nicotine addicts were repeatedly presented with neutral cue picture stimuli for extinction training, which lasted for 25 minutes.

Behavioral: extinction training (neutral cues)Behavioral: Time-restricted smoking cessationBehavioral: Time-restricted fasting

smoking cessation combining with early lifting of fast and nicotine cue extinction training

SHAM COMPARATOR

Participants should stop smoking and eating food after 18:00 the night before the test. After breakfast at 8:00 in the morning, they are combined with cue exposure therapy, by repeatedly presenting neutral cue picture stimuli to nicotine addicts, and performing extinction training for 25 minutes.

Behavioral: extinction training (nicotine cues)Behavioral: Time-restricted smoking cessationBehavioral: Time-restricted fasting with food supplemnet

healthy control

NO INTERVENTION

Non-smoker healthy subjects matched with the smoking group in terms of age, gender, education level, etc. were used as the control group. Those healthy participants will finish fMRI scanning task.

Interventions

extinction training: were repeatedly presented with nicotine cue picture stimuli for extinction training, which lasted for 25 minutes.

smoking cessation combining with early lifting of fast and nicotine cue extinction trainingsmoking cessation combining with fasting and nicotine cue extinction trainingsmoking cessation combining with nicotine cue extinction training

extinction training: were repeatedly presented with neutral cue picture stimuli for extinction training, which lasted for 25 minutes.

smoking cessation combining with fasting and neutral cue extinction trainingsmoking cessation combining with neutral cue extinction training

Limiting cigarette intake within each day to a shorter interval, thus, no cigarette from 18:00 pm to 10:00 am.

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Limiting food intake within each day to a shorter interval, thus, no food from 18:00 pm to 10:00 am.

Also known as: Dietary intervention
smoking cessation combining with fasting and neutral cue extinction trainingsmoking cessation combining with fasting and nicotine cue extinction training

Limiting food intake within each day to a shorter interval, thus, no food from 18:00 pm to 8:00 am, then supplied with breakfast.

Also known as: Dietary intervention
smoking cessation combining with early lifting of fast and nicotine cue extinction training

Eligibility Criteria

Age18 Years - 60 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

  • Nicotine addicts who meet the DSM-V diagnostic criteria for substance dependence, that is, smoking ≥ 10 cigarettes per day and smoking age ≥ 2 years;
  • Communicate normally with the researcher and cooperate with the researchers;

You may not qualify if:

  • Psychotic symptoms or a family history of mental disorders;
  • A history of dependence or behavior (gambling, online games) addiction other than alcohol, drugs, etc.;
  • Use benzodiazepines or received antipsychotic drugs within 2 weeks;
  • Epilepsy, craniocerebral injury history, coma history, brain organic or serious physical disease;
  • Body mass index (BMI) \> 30 ;
  • Can not tolerate magnetic resonance examinations.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Shenzhen Kangning Hospital

Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518118, China

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Diet Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Substance-Related DisordersChemically-Induced DisordersMental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutrition TherapyTherapeutics

Study Officials

  • Gengdi Huang, PhD

    Shenzhen Kangning Hospital

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Doctor

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

June 14, 2023

First Posted

July 17, 2023

Study Start

November 1, 2023

Primary Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Study Completion (Estimated)

July 31, 2027

Last Updated

October 13, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-10

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will not share

Locations