Implementation of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Smoking Cessation
Recruiting
Phase 4
Interventional Study
Smoking
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Prior Safety Data
This treatment has already been tested in at least one earlier human trial.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 – 70
- Sex
- Any
- Trial phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 40 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health · Other
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About This Trial
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an alternative non-invasive treatment to help people quit smoking. rTMS uses a magnetic field to stimulate regions of the brain that are involved in addiction. The two brain regions that are stimulated are the insula and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which are involved in drug craving and decision-making, respectively.
The goal of this …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients receiving rTMS
* Smoking cigarettes daily (self-reported)
Inclusion Criteria: Health care providers
* Currently employed as a HCP (physician, social worker, occupational therapist, etc.) at the CAMH NDC
* Involved in the care of at least 1 patient who has received rTM…
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