Nicotine Patch Pretreatment for Smoking Cessation in PTSD

Completed · Early Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Stress Disorders, Posttraumatic, Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

This study seeks to evaluate the relationship between PTSD, abstinence, and factors associated with relapse in the context of a randomized, clinical smoking cessation trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00625131

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

87

Starts

2008-05-01

Expected to finish

2013-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Smokers who smoke 10 or more cigarettes per day in the past year;
• 18-80 years old;
• English speakers;
• medically stable;
• stable on current medication regimen

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant women excluded;
• participants with organic mental disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, lifetime but not current PTSD, current substance abuse or dependence;
• medical conditions contraindicated with nicotine replacement therapy;
• use other forms of nicotine (cigars, nicotine gum, etc.)

Where it is running

• VA Medical Center, Durham — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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