Testing the feasibility of nicotine-assisted reduction to stop in pharmacies

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Public Health; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN54805841
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Birmingham (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 13 March 2017

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 320

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female, 18 years or older
2. Smokes at least 10 cigarettes or 12.5g of loose tobacco daily as roll your own cigarettes, or blows 15ppm or above on CO recording
3. Do not intend to stop in the next month, but are prepared to reduce their consumption with any of the programmes offered
4. Evidence of a personally signed and dated informed consent document indicating that the subject has been informed of all pertinent aspects of the study and consents to participate and be randomised to either arm and have either a telephone or email for follow-up

Exclusion Criteria

1. Currently using other NRT, bupropion, nortriptyline, mecamylamine, reserpine, or varenicline, or undergoing any treatment for tobacco dependence (e.g. acupuncture),
2. Unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular accident during the last 3 weeks,
3. Severe cardiac arrhythmia
4. Currently uncontrolled hyperthyroidism
5. Active phaeocromocytoma
6. Pregnancy, lactation or intended pregnancy
7. Participation in other medicinal trials within the last three months and during study participation,
8. Previously had severe skin reactions to nicotine patches or severe eczema or other skin diseases that make patch use hazardous or undesirable
9. Severe acute or chronic medical or psychiatric condition or previously diagnosed clinically important renal or hepatic disease, that may increase the risk associated with study participation or may interfere with the interpretation of study results and, in the judgment of the investigator, would make the subject inappropriate for entry into this study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified