Pilot Study of Bupropion for Smoking Cessation in Postpartum Non-breastfeeding Women

Stopped early · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this small preliminary study is to determine whether it is feasible to recruit women smokers who have just delivered a baby and are not breastfeeding into a study that would test whether starting bupropion, a smoking cessation medication, after a baby's birth helps a postpartum woman to stop smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00119210

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

40

Starts

2005-03-01

Expected to finish

2006-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-04-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Postpartum women who:
• Smoked >1 cigarette in last month of pregnancy
• Deliver a baby at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA
• Do not breastfeed or plan to breastfeed.
• Want to attempt to stop smoking

You may not qualify if…

• Age <18 years;
• Current use of bupropion or antidepressant;
• Current major depression or other severe psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia, mania);
• Contraindication to use of bupropion;
• Illegal substance use in past 6 months;
• >1 drink/day of alcohol during pregnancy;
• Newborn with major congenital anomaly or <25 weeks' gestation;
• Inability to speak or read English;
• No telephone.

Where it is running

• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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