Effectiveness of Various Smoking Cessation Therapies in Reducing Smoking in Adolescents - 1

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

Currently one in five high school students smokes. Smoking can harm adolescents well before they reach adulthood by causing a number of immediate, sometimes irreversible, health risks and problems. This study will compare the effectiveness of treatment with bupropion, a nicotine patch, or nicotine gum in supporting the reduction of smoking in adolescent smokers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00158171

Run by

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

People needed

128

Starts

2002-04-01

Expected to finish

2004-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-10

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least 6 months of daily cigarette smoking
• No use of other tobacco products
• Motivated to reduce or quit smoking
• Not currently using medications to quit smoking
• Agree to use an effective form of contraception throughout the study

You may not qualify if…

• People for whom use of nicotine replacement therapy or bupropion is medically inadvisable
• History of alcohol or drug abuse within 6 months of enrollment
• History of emotional problems (as assessed by the Adolescent Symptoms Inventory) within 6 months prior to enrollment
• Currently on an unstable dose of psychoactive medications
• Currently taking medications that may react with one of the treatment medications
• Pregnant

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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