Nicotine Substitute Prescribed at Hourly Intake or ad Libitum for Heavy Smokers Willing to Quit (SUNIC)

March 12, 2009 updated by: University of Lausanne

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

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Phase 4

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

  • Switzerland
    • Vaud
      • Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland, 1011
        • Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine

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

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

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

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: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Arm instructed to use spray at least once an hour when awake.
Drug: Nasal Spray Nicotine Substitute (Experimental)
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:
  • Nicorette(R) nasal spray
Active Comparator: 2
Ad libitum: patients were instructed to use NNS when craving appears.
Drug: Nasal Spray Nicotine Substitute (ad libitum)
In the control group, participants were instructed to use NNS as needed to suppress withdrawal symptoms when cravings appeared.
Other Names:
  • Nicorette(R) Nasal Spray

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
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
first 3 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
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
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Lausanne

Collaborators

Pharmacia

Investigators

  • Study Director: Jean-Pierre Zellweger, MD, Department of Ambulatory care and Community Medicine, University of Lausanne

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2001

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2001

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 12, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 12, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 13, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 12, 2009

Last Verified

March 1, 2009

More Information

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Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • Prot 29/99

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