Study Evaluating The Efficacy Of Varenicline In Cessation Of Oral Smokeless Tobacco Use

NCT ID: NCT00717093

Last Updated: 2015-07-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

432 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-07-31

Brief Summary

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The primary goal of this study is to compare efficacy of varenicline to placebo for cessation of use of smokeless tobacco.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Tobacco Use Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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Active

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Varenicline Tartrate

Intervention Type DRUG

Subjects will be up-titrated during the first week of treatment in the following manner: 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days followed by 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, and then 1 mg twice daily for the following 11 weeks of the treatment period.

Placebo

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Subjects will be up-titrated during the first week of treatment in the following manner: 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days followed by 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, and then 1 mg twice daily for the following 11 weeks of the treatment period.

Interventions

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Varenicline Tartrate

Subjects will be up-titrated during the first week of treatment in the following manner: 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days followed by 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, and then 1 mg twice daily for the following 11 weeks of the treatment period.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Subjects will be up-titrated during the first week of treatment in the following manner: 0.5 mg once daily for 3 days followed by 0.5 mg twice daily for 4 days, and then 1 mg twice daily for the following 11 weeks of the treatment period.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Champix, Chantix, CP-526,555

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female daily smokeless tobacco users aged 18 years and older, who are motivated to stop use of all tobacco products.
* Subjects must be daily users of nicotine containing smokeless tobacco and using smokeless tobacco on at least 8 occasions per day averaged over a week.
* Have used smokeless tobacco for at least 1 year prior to screening with no period of abstinence \>3 months in the past year.

Exclusion Criteria

* Subjects using nicotine containing products (including smoking tobacco) other than smokeless tobacco for 3 months prior to screening.
* Subjects with exhaled Carbon Monoxide (CO) \>10 ppm at baseline.
* Subjects who have used varenicline, bupropion, or NRT within 3 months of screening.
* Subjects currently or within the past 12 months requiring treatment for depression or have a current or prior history of panic disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder or any other serious mental illness.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Pfizer

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Pfizer CT.gov Call Center

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Pfizer

Locations

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Pfizer Investigational Site

Florø, , Norway

Site Status

Pfizer Investigational Site

Hafrsfjord, , Norway

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Hamar, , Norway

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Hønefoss, , Norway

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Oslo, , Norway

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Rådal, , Norway

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Trondheim, , Norway

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Pfizer Investigational Site

Gothenburg, , Sweden

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Helsingborg, , Sweden

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Jarfalla, , Sweden

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Karlstad, , Sweden

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Örebro, , Sweden

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Södertälje, , Sweden

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Stockholm, , Sweden

Site Status

Pfizer Investigational Site

Sundsvall, , Sweden

Site Status

Pfizer Investigational Site

Umeå, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Norway Sweden

References

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Livingstone-Banks J, Fanshawe TR, Thomas KH, Theodoulou A, Hajizadeh A, Hartman L, Lindson N. Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 5;5(5):CD006103. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37142273 (View on PubMed)

Fagerstrom K, Gilljam H, Metcalfe M, Tonstad S, Messig M. Stopping smokeless tobacco with varenicline: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial. BMJ. 2010 Dec 6;341:c6549. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c6549.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 21134997 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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A3051104

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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