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Published in final edited form as: Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(31):5077–5092. doi: 10.2174/1381612819666131216121019

Table 2. Nicotine administration studies in people with schizophrenia that measure cognition.

Nicotine Ad-
ministration
Dose (mg) or
Administration
Duration Design Smokers Antipsychotics Enrolled Cognitive
Battery
Results of Nicotine
(N) Compared to
Placebo (P) or Con-
trol (C) Condition
Levin 1996 Patch 7, 14, 21 4 days Placebo
Crossover
100% Haloperidol
(titrated to low,
medium, and
how doses)
15 ANAM
(DMS, RT,
SMT,
SPRT), CPT
SPRT: N > P, DMS: N
> P, CPT: N > P (On
all tasks interaction
with nicotine dose and
haloperidol dose)
Smith 2002 Cigarettes/Nasal 3-6 cigarettes /
50% 6 sprays (L)
50% 12 sprays
(H)
4 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
31 ANAM
(DMS, RT,
SMT,
SPRT), RMT
(5-items, DS,
PW, SS), VF
SPRT: Cigarettes,
Nasal > P
RT: H Nasal > P
PW, SS: Nasal > P
*Sherr
2002
Nasal 2 sprays 2 days Crossover 52% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
29 CPT N = C
*Depatie
2002
Patch 14 2 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Generation 15 CPT CPT: N > P
*Myers
2004
Nasal 6 sprays 2 days Crossover 52% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
29 DMS, DRT DRT: (Smokers) N >
control
*Jacobson
2004
Patch 28 or 35
Weight based
2 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
13 SAL, VWM VWM: N > P
Harris
2004
Gum 6 2 days Placebo
Crossover
50% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
20 RBANS Attention: (Non-
Smokers) N > control
Smith 2005 Nasal 8 sprays 4 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
27 ANAM
(SPRT),
CPT, DMT,
RANDT MS
CPT, DMT: N > P
*Barr 2007 Patch 14 2 days Placebo
Crossover
0% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
28 CPT, GP,
LNS, ST
CPT, ST: N > P
*Jubelt
2008
Patch 14 2 days Placebo
Crossover
0% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
10 EMP EMP: N > P
*Hong
2011
Patch 21 or 35 based on
cigarette use
2 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
20 RVIP RVIP: N > P
Hahn 2013 Cigarettes/Patch Ad libitum/14 3 days Placebo
Crossover
100% 1st and 2nd Gen-
eration
17 SARAT,
SDT
SARAT: Patch > P
SDT: Patch, Cigarettes
> P

ANAM: Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics, CPT: Continuous Performance Test, CRT: Complex Reaction Time, DMS: Delayed Matching to Sample, DMT: Dot Memory Test, DRT: Delayed Recognition, DS: Digit Span, EMP: Episodic Memory Paradigm, GP: Grooved Pegboard, LNS: Letter Number Sequence, MS: Memory Scale, N: Nicotine, P: Placebo, PW: Paired Words, RBANS: Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, RMT: Randt Memory test, RT: Reaction Time, RVIP: Rapid Visual Information Processing, SAL: Selective Attention Load, SARAT: Spatial Attentional Resource Allocation Task, SDT: Singleton Detection Task, SMT: Sternberg Memory Test, SPRT: Spatial Rotation Task, SS: Short Story, ST: Stroop Test, VSWM: Visuospatial Working Memory, VWM: Verbal Working Memory, WCST: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, WSPT: Word Serial Position Test

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Healthy controls enrolled but results only on schizophrenia cohort