Brain scans and surveys track substance use in young adults
NCT ID NCT06941181
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 117 young adults (ages 23–28) who were part of a previous study since adolescence. Researchers use brain scans and surveys to understand how changes in the brain relate to smoking, drinking, and drug use. No treatment or medication is involved—only observation and data collection.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 117 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2014
- Expected to finish
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May 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: \- Adolescents (now young adults) who participated in the original longitudinal project. Exclusion Criteria: * standard contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging at the study onset * history of seizures/stroke * a head injury with \> 10 min of unconsciousness or neurological sequelae
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Roanoke, Virginia, 24016, United States
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia, 24061-0001, United States
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