INTRODUCTION: To facilitate translational work in medications development for smoking cessation, we have developed a human laboratory analogue of smoking lapse behavior. Our paradigm models 2 critical features of smoking lapse: the ability to resist the first cigarette and subsequent ad libitum smoking. In this paper we present the results of 2 studies designed to develop and validate the effect of nicotine deprivation on smoking lapse behavior. METHODS: Study 1 (n = 30) was designed to develop the model parameters by examining varying levels of nicotine deprivation (1, 6, and 18 hr; within-subject) and identifying optimum levels of monetary reinforcement to provide while modeling the ability to resist smoking. Study 2 was designed to validate the model by screening smoking cessation medications with known clinical efficacy. Subjects (n = 62) were randomized to either varenicline 2 mg/day, bupropion 300 mg/day, or placebo, and we then modeled their ability to resist smoking and subsequent ad libitum smoking. RESULTS: In Study 1, increasing levels of nicotine deprivation and decreasing levels of monetary reinforcement decreased the ability to resist smoking. In Study 2, the lapse model was found to be sensitive to medication effects among smokers who demonstrated a pattern of heavy, uninterrupted, and automated smoking (i.e., smoked within 5 min of waking). Ratings of craving, mood, withdrawal, and subjective cigarette effects are presented as secondary outcomes with results mirroring clinical findings. CONCLUSIONS: Our smoking lapse model demonstrates promise as a translational tool to screen novel smoking cessation medications. Next steps in this line of research will focus on evaluating predictive validity.
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INTRODUCTION: To facilitate translational work in medications development for smoking cessation, we have developed a human laboratory analogue of smoking lapse behavior. Our paradigm models 2 critical features of smoking lapse: the ability to resist the first cigarette and subsequent ad libitum smoking. In this paper we present the results of 2 studies designed to develop and validate the effect of nicotine deprivation on smoking lapse behavior. METHODS: Study 1 (n = 30) was designed to develop the model parameters by examining varying levels of nicotine deprivation (1, 6, and 18 hr; within-subject) and identifying optimum levels of monetary reinforcement to provide while modeling the ability to resist smoking. Study 2 was designed to validate the model by screening smoking cessation medications with known clinical efficacy. Subjects (n = 62) were randomized to either varenicline 2 mg/day, bupropion 300 mg/day, or placebo, and we then modeled their ability to resist smoking and subsequent ad libitum smoking. RESULTS: In Study 1, increasing levels of nicotine deprivation and decreasing levels of monetary reinforcement decreased the ability to resist smoking. In Study 2, the lapse model was found to be sensitive to medication effects among smokers who demonstrated a pattern of heavy, uninterrupted, and automated smoking (i.e., smoked within 5 min of waking). Ratings of craving, mood, withdrawal, and subjective cigarette effects are presented as secondary outcomes with results mirroring clinical findings. CONCLUSIONS: Our smoking lapse model demonstrates promise as a translational tool to screen novel smoking cessation medications. Next steps in this line of research will focus on evaluating predictive validity.
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