Nicotine Replacement Treatment for Pregnant Smokers - 1

NCT ID: NCT00115687

Last Updated: 2017-01-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2
• Total Enrollment: 250 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2002-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2007-04-30

Brief Summary

Smoking during pregnancy is an important modifiable cause of poor pregnancy outcomes. Even with augmented behavioral interventions, smoking cessation rates in pregnancy trials rarely exceed 20%. These low quit rates may be due to inadequate treatment of the physical dependence on nicotine. Indeed, medications, which may help to reduce nicotine withdrawal symptoms, are a first-line treatment for smoking treatment in non-pregnant smokers. However, little information is available on the safety or efficacy of medications to treat pregnant smokers.

The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of 2 mg nicotine gum in promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy. The design is a randomized, placebo controlled trial where subjects are randomized to nicotine gum (6 weeks ad libitum use followed by a 6 week taper) or a matching placebo. Women who are doing well at the end of the trial will also be offered gum post-partum for relapse prevention.

Detailed Description

This proposal will examine the utility of one first-line medication, nicotine gum, as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy.

The specific aims are:

• (1) To compare smoking cessation rates and smoking reduction among pregnant smokers who are randomized to receive nicotine gum (2 mg dose) or a matching placebo;
• (2) To compare nicotine gum versus placebo on surrogate measures of maternal and fetal safety (i.e., overall nicotine and tobacco exposure at 6 weeks after the quit date and at 32-34 weeks gestation) and birth weight at the time of delivery;
• (3) To examine which subjects benefit the most from the use of nicotine gum for smoking cessation during pregnancy.

Subjects will be recruited from prenatal clinics that serve primarily a low-income, minority population. Two hundred sixty-eight pregnant smokers will be randomly assigned to receive smoking cessation behavioral counseling and either a 6-week course of mint flavored placebo or nicotine gum, followed by 6 weeks of decreasing doses. Maternal blood for genotyping will be obtained at study entry. Primary outcome measures will be 7-day point prevalence of cigarette abstinence, number of cigarettes smoked per day, urinary cotinine concentrations, and measures of tobacco exposure (i.e., carbon monoxide in exhaled air and urine anabasine and anatabine) at 6 weeks after the quit date and at 32-34 weeks gestation, and infant birth weight. We hypothesize that:

• (1) Pregnant smokers who are randomized to nicotine gum will have double the quit rates and will reduce their smoking to a greater degree than subjects randomized to placebo;
• (2) Nicotine gum compared to placebo will reduce maternal levels of tobacco-exposure markers and increase birth weights in the offspring;
• (3) The odds of cigarette abstinence will be increased primarily in subjects who smoke at least 15 cigarettes per day.

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

A

placebo

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

B

2 mg nicotine gum

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

2 mg nicotine polacrilex

Intervention Type: DRUG

Interventions

placebo

Intervention Type: DRUG

2 mg nicotine polacrilex

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient's gestational age is 26 weeks or less.
• Patient is at least 16 years of age.
• Patient is able to speak English or Spanish.
• Patient intends to carry to term.
• Patient has stable residence.
• Patient has smoked five or more cigarettes everyday for the past seven days.

Exclusion Criteria

• Evidence that the patient is pregnant with a fetus with a known congenital abnormality.
• Unstable medical problems (i.e., hyperthyroidism, temporomandibular joint disorder, pre-eclampsia, threatened abortion, hyperemesis gravidarum)
• Multiple Gestation
• Unstable psychiatric disorder
• Current drug or alcohol abuse or dependence

• Minimum Eligible Age: 16 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Principal Investigators

Cheryl A Oncken, M.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UConn Health

Locations

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Hartford Hospital

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The Hospital of Central Connecticut

New Britain, Connecticut, United States

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

References

Oncken C, Dornelas E, Greene J, Sankey H, Glasmann A, Feinn R, Kranzler HR. Nicotine gum for pregnant smokers: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Oct;112(4):859-67. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e318187e1ec.

Reference Type: RESULT

PMID: 18827129 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

R01-15167-1

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DPMCDA

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NIDA-15167-1

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NCT00064948

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