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Nicotine Patch Safety Study

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Smokers
Interventions
Drug: V0116 transdermal patch
Registration Number
NCT01655082
Lead Sponsor
Pierre Fabre Medicament
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety profile of a repeated application of a new transdermal patch compared to a reference product during 3 weeks, in a large population.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
160
Inclusion Criteria
  • Male or female aged more than 18 years
  • Regular smoker motivated to stop tobacco consumption
  • Current smoker of > or = 20 cigarettes/day and < or = 25 cigarettes/day or Fagerström score > or = 5 (for smokers between 10 to 20 cigarettes/day)
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any visible skin disorder, abnormal skin pigmentation or other dermatologic disease which, in the opinion of the investigator would interfere with the assessment of the different parameters
  • Current or past serious chronic cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal (including duodenal or gastric ulcer), endocrine, hematological, neuropsychiatric, immunosuppressive condition or allergic disease, myopathies, epileptic seizures, bleeding tendency, cancer
  • History of angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or stroke in the previous 3 months, coronary artery vasospasm, cardiac arrhythmia, acute stroke
  • Clinically relevant abnormal findings on the physical examination (e.g large scars on the application zone)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
V0116V0116 transdermal patchOne patch per day (during 24 hours) for 21 days
ReferenceNicotine transdermal patchOne patch per day (during 24 hours) for 21 days
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Safetyup to Day 22

Evaluation of local safety (number of subjects with skin irritation / number of subjects by score of adhesiveness) and general safety (number of subjects with emergent adverse events or changes from baseline to end of study in vital signs, electrocardiogram and clinical laboratory parameters).

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Sensory profileDay 22

Visual Analogic Scales (sensations linked to patch application and removal)

Global assessment by the patientDay 22

Visual Analog Scale Scale and questionnaires

Subject behavioursup to Day 22

nicotine consumption

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