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Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline in Smokers With Cardiovascular Disease Who Wish to Quit Smoking

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Smoking Cessation
Interventions
Drug: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00282984
Lead Sponsor
Pfizer
Brief Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether or not varenicline will help people with cardiovascular disease quit smoking and to confirm it is safe in these patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
714
Inclusion Criteria
  • Participants must have stable, documented cardiovascular disease (including at least one of the following diagnosed > 2 months prior to the Screening visit - angina, myocardial infarction (MI), revascularization, transient ischemic attack (TIA), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD).
  • Participants that smoke > 10 cigarettes / day.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Participants with unstable cardiovascular disease
  • Cardiovascular events in the past 2 months
  • Moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
placeboplacebo-
vareniclineVarenicline-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Responders With Carbon Monoxide (CO) Confirmed 4-week Continuous Quit Rate (CQR) for Last 4 Weeks of Treatment (Trtmt)weeks 9 through 12

Participants considered Responders (4-week CQR \<=10 parts per million \<ppm\>) through reports of cigarette or other nicotine use since last study visit, confirmed by measurement of end-expiratory exhaled carbon monoxide (CO). If any CO measurement at a particular timepoint was \>10 ppm, subject was considered to be Non-Responder at that timepoint.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of Responders With Continuous Abstinence (CA) Through Week 52Week 9 through Week 52

Responders: participants who remained abstinent based on 'since the last contact' question in Nicotine Use Inventory 1) "Has participant smoked any cigarettes (even a puff) since last contact?" = No AND 2) "Has participant used any other tobacco products... since last contact?" = No. Participant a non-responder if expired CO \> 10 ppm.

Number of Participants With a Seven-Day Point Prevalence of Abstinence at Week 12Week 12

Responders: abstinence in previous seven days, defined in the non-treatment follow-up as: 1) "Has the participant smoked any cigarettes in the last 7 days?" = No AND 2) "Has the participant used any other tobacco products in the last 7 days?" = No. Participant a non-responder if expired CO \> 10 ppm.

Number of Participants With a Seven-Day Point Prevalence of Abstinence at Week 24Week 24

Responders: abstinence in previous seven days, defined in the non-treatment follow-up as: 1) "Has the participant smoked any cigarettes in the last 7 days?" = No AND 2) "Has the participant used any other tobacco products in the last 7 days?" = No. Participant a non-responder if expired CO \> 10 ppm.

Number of Participants With a 4 Week Point Prevalence of Smoking CessationWeek 48 through Week 52 (final 4 weeks of non-treatment period [pd])

Responders: participants with abstinence during the last 4 weeks of non-treatment based on answering 'no' to both of the two 'last 4 week' questions in the Nicotine Use Inventory (NUI). NUI collected information of cigarette or other nicotine use during the study.

Number of Long-Term Quit RespondersWeek 9 through Week 52

Responders: participants were considered Long Term Quit responders if 1) they were responders for the primary endpoint (the 4-week CQR for Weeks 9-12) and 2) had no more than 6 days of smoking from Week 12 through the given visit.

Number of Participants With a Seven-Day Point Prevalence of Abstinence at Week 52Week 52

Responders: abstinence in previous seven days, defined in the non-treatment follow-up as: 1) "Has the participant smoked any cigarettes in the last 7 days?" = No AND 2) "Has the participant used any other tobacco products in the last 7 days?" = No. Participant a non-responder if expired CO \> 10 ppm.

Number of Responders With Continuous Abstinence (CA) Through Week 24Week 9 through Week 24

Responders: participants who remained abstinent based on 'since the last contact' question in Nicotine Use Inventory 1) "Has participant smoked any cigarettes (even a puff) since the last contact?" = No AND 2) "Has participant used any other tobacco products... since the last contact?" = No. Non- responder if the expired CO \> 10 ppm at any given timepoint.

Cigarettes Smoked Per DayDay 21

Cigarettes smoked each day during the first 3 weeks of the treatment phase.

Number of Long-Term Quit Responders From Week 9 Through Week 24Week 9 through Week 24

Responders: participants were considered Long Term Quit Responders if 1) they were responders for the primary endpoint (the 4-week CQR for Weeks 9-12) and 2) had no more than 6 days of smoking from Week 12 through the given visit.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pfizer Investigational Site

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Paisley, United Kingdom

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