2023
Enrollment of Spanish-speaking Latinx adults in clinical trials: Five lessons learned from a randomized study in substance use treatment
Jaramillo Y, DeVito E, Silva M, Rojas Perez O, Benitez B, Frankforter T, Leon K, Paris M. Enrollment of Spanish-speaking Latinx adults in clinical trials: Five lessons learned from a randomized study in substance use treatment. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2023, 253: 111016. PMID: 37952354, PMCID: PMC10842233, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2023.111016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRandomized clinical trialsClinical trialsLatinx individualsClinical trial participantsSubstance use treatmentRandomized studySubstance use concernsTrial participantsClinical researchUse treatmentSubstance useTrialsLatinx adultsTreatmentLatinx participantsUse concernsParticipantsRecruitment sitesUnited States
2018
Accounting for the uncounted: Physical and affective distress in individuals dropping out of oral naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder
Carroll KM, Nich C, Frankforter TL, Yip SW, Kiluk BD, DeVito EE, Sofuoglu M. Accounting for the uncounted: Physical and affective distress in individuals dropping out of oral naltrexone treatment for opioid use disorder. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 192: 264-270. PMID: 30300800, PMCID: PMC6203294, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.08.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderOral naltrexoneUse disordersAffective symptomsVoucher-based contingency managementDysphoric symptomsAffective distressOral naltrexone treatmentMultiple baseline characteristicsBaseline characteristicsNaltrexone treatmentHigh riskNaltrexoneSomatic symptomsSymptomsContingency managementTreatmentHigh rateDistressSubstantial evidenceTrialsTheoretical benefitsDisordersAffective discomfortParticipantsfMRI Stroop and behavioral treatment for cocaine-dependence: Preliminary findings in methadone-maintained individuals
DeVito EE, Kober H, Carroll KM, Potenza MN. fMRI Stroop and behavioral treatment for cocaine-dependence: Preliminary findings in methadone-maintained individuals. Addictive Behaviors 2018, 89: 10-14. PMID: 30240978, PMCID: PMC6374034, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderStroop effectBehavioral treatmentComputer-based cognitive behavioral therapyColor-word Stroop taskCognitive neuroscience methodsCognitive behavioral therapyCocaine-dependent individualsCocaine abstinenceCognitive controlStroop taskNeuroscience methodsMethadone-maintained individualsTreatment abstinenceLingual gyrusStroopCingulate gyrusUse disordersCocaine usersTreatment mechanismsAbstinenceBetter treatment outcomesPreliminary findingsGyrusParticipants
2016
Effect of Menthol-preferring Status on Response to Intravenous Nicotine
DeVito EE, Valentine GW, Herman AI, Jensen KP, Sofuoglu M. Effect of Menthol-preferring Status on Response to Intravenous Nicotine. Tobacco Regulatory Science 2016, 2: 317-328. PMID: 28890914, PMCID: PMC5589161, DOI: 10.18001/trs.2.4.4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSmoking urgesPre-existing individual differencesNicotine dosesNicotine-dependent participantsOvernight smoking abstinenceShort-term abstinenceNon-menthol cigarettesIndividual differencesCognitive performanceCigarette smokersOvernight abstinenceNon-menthol cigarette smokersAcute nicotineSmokers' responsesDependent participantsSmoking abstinenceSubjective differencesEffect of mentholIntravenous nicotineAbstinenceMenthol preferenceSmokersPRO useParticipantsUrge