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Advancing VR-based Attentional Bias as a Biomarker for Tobacco Use Disorder

NCT06582888·1 site·ClinicalTrials.gov

What this study is about

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Research Coordinator
CONTACT
858-480-1251 vrstudy@health.ucsd.edu

Lead

University of California, San Diego

With

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Age

22–any

Sex

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

You may be eligible if

In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form
2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study
3. Persons, aged 22+
4. Ability to take oral medication and be willing to adhere to the dosing regimen
5. For participants able to become pregnant: use of highly effective contraception during study enrollment
6. Current daily tobacco use (use on 7 days per week, on average, ≥5 cigarettes per day, in the previous 3 months)
7. Tobacco use history ≥3 years
8. Endorsement of past week nicotine craving

You may not be if

1. Contraindications/conditions with special precautions for varenicline treatment (i.e., history of serious hypersensitivity or skin reactions to varenicline, history of severe renal impairment, seizures, severe cardiovascular disease, chronic or severe nausea, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, pregnancy or nursing)
2. Medical or psychiatric history affecting brain development (i.e., history and/or treatment of neurologic disorders, severe head trauma with loss of consciousness \>2 minutes, or current severe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5th edition (DSM-5) psychiatric disorders other than tobacco use disorders)
3. Current suicidal ideation or history of suicide attempt or self-mutilatory acts in the past 12 months
4. Other recreational drug use in the past 30 days (besides alcohol and cannabis) verified by oral and urine fluid toxicology
5. Visual/vestibular problems that may make task completion difficult (i.e., motion sickness, difficulty balancing, blindness)
6. Treatment seeking for tobacco use disorder/intent to quit within 30 days

The record

StatusRecruiting

PhaseEarly phase 1

Taking part200

StartedNov 2024

UpdatedMar 16, 2026

Conditions

Nicotine Addiction Craving

Where1

University California, San Diego
San Diego, California, United States