Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of 100µg NIC002 Vaccine in Cigarette Smokers Who Are Motivated to Quit Smoking.

March 17, 2017 updated by: Novartis

A Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Multi-centre Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability and Immunogenicity of Repeated s.c Administrations of 100µg NIC002 Vaccine in Cigarette Smokers Who Are Motivated to Quit Smoking.

This study is designed to determine the efficacy of high nicotine-specific antibody titers in smoking cessation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

200

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

      • Mainz, Germany
        • Novartis Investigative Site
      • Neuss, Germany
        • Novartis Investigator Site

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 63 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthy male and female smoking subjects age 18 to 65 years of age
  • Subjects must be smoking 10 or more cigarettes per day during the past 12 months
  • The exhaled breath carbon monoxide (CO) concentration must be 10 ppm or more at screening. Urine cotinine at screening must be positive.
  • The Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) score of 5 or above at screening.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Attempted to quit smoking in the three (3) months.
  • Prior use of smoking cessation aid.

Other protocol-defined inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Quadruple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: 2
Active Comparator: 1

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Smoking status
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks
Exhaled carbon monoxide
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Smoking status at various time intervals from target quit date to the end of the study
Time Frame: 52 weeks
52 weeks
Safety and tolerability
Time Frame: 52 weeks
52 weeks
Immunogenicity (specific anti-nicotine antibodies in serum)
Time Frame: 52 weeks
52 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

October 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 14, 2008

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 14, 2008

First Posted (Estimate)

August 15, 2008

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 21, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 17, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CNIC002A2201

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