Varenicline or Nicotine Patch in Promoting Smoking Cessation Among Current Smokers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

This pilot clinical trial studies varenicline or nicotine patch in promoting smoking cessation among current smokers. Varenicline or nicotine patch may help people stop smoking

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01771627

Run by

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

People needed

300

Starts

2012-10-22

Expected to finish

2015-08-28

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-28

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Cigarette smokers who call the New York State Smokers' Quitline requesting assistance with quitting smoking
• State that they are under the care of a primary care physician
• Are eligible for receipt of pharmacotherapy by mail using the standard NRT criteria
• Speak English
• Answer "no" to the following 3 questions:
• "Have you ever been diagnosed with or treated for a mental health problem like major depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia, or schizoaffective disorder?"
• "Have you ever had serious thoughts of killing or hurting yourself, ever have any intention or plan to carry out these thoughts, or actually attempted to kill yourself?"
• "Is there any reason that you cannot use varenicline/Chantix?"

You may not qualify if…

• State that they are not under the care of a primary care physician
• Are not eligible for receipt of pharmacotherapy by mail using the standard NRT criteria
• Do not speak English
• Answer "yes" to the question, "have you ever been diagnosed with or treated for a mental health problem like major depression, bipolar disorder, dysthymia, or schizoaffective disorder?"
• Answer "yes" to the question, "have you ever had serious thoughts of killing or hurting yourself, ever have any intention or plan to carry out these thoughts, or actually attempted to kill yourself?"
• Answer "yes" to the question, "is there any reason that you cannot use varenicline/Chantix?"
• Are women who are currently pregnant
• Report that they are unwilling to receive or take varenicline on screening

Where it is running

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute — Buffalo, New York, United States

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