# Strengthening Instrumental Extinction to Prevent Smoking Relapse (VLNCCue)

> **NCT02538042** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Francis McClernon, Ph.D.** · enrollment: 87 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Cigarette Smoking

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Nicotine Patch
- **DRUG:** SPECTRUM Nicotine Research Cigarettes (0.07 mg)
- **BEHAVIORAL:** MCE+
- **BEHAVIORAL:** MCE-

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02538042
- **Lead sponsor:** Francis McClernon, Ph.D.
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-10-08
- **Primary completion:** 2017-09-08
- **Final completion:** 2017-09-08
- **Target enrollment:** 87 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-14

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02538042

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02538042, "Strengthening Instrumental Extinction to Prevent Smoking Relapse (VLNCCue)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02538042. Licensed CC0.

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