2020
An integrated behavioural intervention combined with varenicline for heavy-drinking smokers: a randomized pilot study.
Fucito LM, Wu R, O'Malley SS, Hanrahan TH, Ikomi JT, Muvvala S, Carroll KM, Gueorguieva R. An integrated behavioural intervention combined with varenicline for heavy-drinking smokers: a randomized pilot study. The Journal Of Smoking Cessation 2020, 15: 119-127. PMID: 33312238, PMCID: PMC7731353, DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2020.13.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeasibility/acceptabilityHeavy drinking smokersAlcohol counsellingHeavy drinkingBehavioral interventionsPilot studyOpen-label vareniclineRandomized pilot studySignificant health burdenComputer-generated tableTobacco pharmacotherapyHealth burdenQuit ratesPilot trialResearch clinicDrinking reductionsVareniclineBehavioural counsellingAlcohol treatmentCombined smokingMedium effect sizeSmokingSmokersCounsellingDrinking
2015
Predictors of Abstinence From Heavy Drinking During Follow-Up in COMBINE.
Gueorguieva R, Wu R, Fucito LM, O'Malley SS. Predictors of Abstinence From Heavy Drinking During Follow-Up in COMBINE. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 2015, 76: 935-41. PMID: 26562602, PMCID: PMC4712662, DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2015.76.935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term outcomesBetter long-term outcomesBetter clinical outcomesDrinking outcomesHeavy drinking daysLogistic regression analysisStrongest predictorLogistic regression modelsPredictors of abstinenceFair classification accuracyPatient characteristicsClinical outcomesTerm outcomesCombined PharmacotherapiesClinical trialsBaseline predictorsTreatment outcomesTreatment phaseOptimizing outcomesDrinking daysBetter outcomesAlcohol Dependence (COMBINE) StudyBehavioral interventionsHeavy drinkingAlternative interventions
2014
“Killing Two Birds with One Stone”: Alcohol Use Reduction Interventions with Potential Efficacy at Enhancing Self-control
Leeman RF, Bogart D, Fucito LM, Boettiger CA. “Killing Two Birds with One Stone”: Alcohol Use Reduction Interventions with Potential Efficacy at Enhancing Self-control. Current Addiction Reports 2014, 1: 41-52. PMID: 24914414, PMCID: PMC4048018, DOI: 10.1007/s40429-013-0008-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol useCognitive bias modificationNicotinic partial agonist vareniclineBias modificationPartial agonist vareniclineNeurophysiological interventionBehavioral interventionsEmpirical supportAgonist vareniclineFuture researchReduction interventionsPurported mechanismsInterventionEmpirical evidenceStrong evidenceFurther researchPotential efficacyResearchSuggestive evidenceMultiple interventionsDual efficacyEvidenceDrinkingGood evidenceVarenicline
2013
Integrating a Behavioural Sleep Intervention into Smoking Cessation Treatment for Smokers with Insomnia: A Randomised Pilot Study
Fucito LM, Redeker NS, Ball SA, Toll BA, Ikomi JT, Carroll KM. Integrating a Behavioural Sleep Intervention into Smoking Cessation Treatment for Smokers with Insomnia: A Randomised Pilot Study. The Journal Of Smoking Cessation 2013, 9: 31-38. PMID: 24995044, PMCID: PMC4076952, DOI: 10.1017/jsc.2013.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSleep interventionsCessation outcomesSmoking abstinenceBehavioral sleep interventionsCognitive behavioral therapyCessation treatmentQuit dateSmoking cessation outcomesSmoking cessation treatmentCessation counsellingCessation failurePoint prevalence abstinence ratesBehavioral interventionsSmoking cessation counsellingInsomnia symptomsSleep changesNicotine patch therapySleep disturbancesSleep efficiencyPilot studyEnd of treatmentLarge sampleAbstinence ratesInsomniaMost participants
2012
Cigarette Smoking Predicts Differential Benefit from Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence
Fucito LM, Park A, Gulliver SB, Mattson ME, Gueorguieva RV, O'Malley SS. Cigarette Smoking Predicts Differential Benefit from Naltrexone for Alcohol Dependence. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 72: 832-838. PMID: 22541040, PMCID: PMC3410039, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCigarette smokingAlcohol dependenceBehavioral interventionsAlcohol-dependent smokersCombination of medicationsBaseline demographic differencesPoor treatment outcomesPoor treatment responseDrinking outcomesBetter drinking outcomesSevere alcohol dependenceAlcohol-dependent individualsCigarette intakeAlcohol use outcomesMedical managementPharmacological treatmentTreatment outcomesTreatment responseSmokingSmokersCOMBINE StudyAlcoholism typologyDrinking-related variablesTreatment assignmentNonsmokers