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- Clinical Trial NCT00861276
Nicotine Substitute Prescribed at Hourly Intake or ad Libitum for Heavy Smokers Willing to Quit (SUNIC)
Use of Nicotine Substitute Prescribed at Hourly Intake or ad Libitum for Heavy Smokers Willing to Quit: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective: To assess the impact of instructional guidance in the regular use of use nicotine nasal spray (NNS) on the true use of NNS during the first three weeks of smoking cessation for heavy smokers who are willing to quit.
Methods: This randomized, open, controlled trial included 50 patients who were heavy smokers, were willing to quit, and attending an academic outpatient clinic in Western Switzerland. Patients were randomised to instruction on NNS use as "ad libitum" (administration whenever cravings appear; control group) or to use NNS at least every hour when awake (intervention group). Intakes were monitored using an electronic device fixed in the spray unit (MDILogTM) during the first three weeks of use. Self reported abstinence from smoking at six months was confirmed by expired-air carbon monoxide. Using intention-to-treat analysis, random-effect GLS regression was used to calculate the mean difference of daily doses between groups controlling for lack of independence between measures from the same individual.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Phase 4
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Vaud
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Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 1011
- Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Highly dependent smokers in the stage of preparation according to Prochaska and Di Clemente's stages of change model
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of myocardial infarction in the preceding 3 months
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- Use of any form of smokeless tobacco or other nicotine replacement therapy
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Single
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Arm instructed to use spray at least once an hour when awake.
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During the first month, subjects in the intervention group received instruction from the physician to use NNS regularly (at least 2 puffs/hour, for an average of 1 mg nicotine/hour when awake).
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: 2
Ad libitum: patients were instructed to use NNS when craving appears.
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In the control group, participants were instructed to use NNS as needed to suppress withdrawal symptoms when cravings appeared.
Other Names:
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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The daily number of intakes during the first three weeks recorded with an electronic device fixed on the spray unit (microswitch-actuated metered-dose inhaler chronology, MDILog™, model MDC-511, Medtrac, Denver, Colorado).
Time Frame: first 3 weeks
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first 3 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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self-reported continuous abstinence from smoking from the beginning of the substitution to the end of the 6th month of follow-up, validated by an expired-air carbon monoxide (CO) concentration of less than 10 parts per million (ppm)
Time Frame: 6 months
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6 months
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Collaborators
Investigators
- Study Director: Jean-Pierre Zellweger, MD, Department of Ambulatory care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimate)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- Prot 29/99
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