Varenicline and Combined NRT for Smoking Cessation
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Official title
Varenicline and Combined NRT for Initial Smoking Cessation and Rescue Treatment in Smokers: A Randomized Pilot Trial
Brief summary
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This randomized pilot phase IV trial studies the side effects and how well varenicline works compared to nicotine replacement therapy in helping patients that smoke to quit. Varenicline is a drug that acts the same way as nicotine in the brain but is not habit-forming. Nicotine replacement therapy consists of nicotine patches and lozenges. It is not yet known if varenicline is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy in helping patients quit smoking.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02271919
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Enrollment
- 631 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Nicotine Lozenge Drug
- Nicotine Patch Drug
- Placebo Other
- Tobacco Cessation Counseling Other
- Varenicline Drug
Drug · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 13, 2015
- Primary completion
- Jun 29, 2025
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2026
- Last update posted
- Apr 23, 2026
2015 – 2026
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M D Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
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- Last update posted Apr 23, 2026 · Synced Sep 4, 2026
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