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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00534001
Date of registration: 20/09/2007
Primary sponsor: Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Public title: Bupropion in Helping Adults Stop Smoking
Scientific title: A Phase II Study of the Effects of Extended Pre-Cessation Bupropion for Smoking Cessation
Date of first enrolment: January 2006
Target sample size: 97
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00534001
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Martin Mahoney, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

- Currently smokes = 15 cigarettes per day for at least 1 year

- Motivated to quit smoking within the next 3 months

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

- Willing to attend clinic visits

- Willing to refrain from nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) use during study
participation

- Able to speak and read English fluently

- Has a home telephone and plans to reside in Western New York for the next year

- Not pregnant or nursing

- Negative pregnancy test

- Not planning a pregnancy

- Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 3 months after study
participation

- No history of chronic renal or hepatic disease

- No history of head trauma or seizure

- No history of a seizure disorder, brain tumor, or CNS tumor

- No history of or currently diagnosed bulimia or anorexia nervosa

- No history of psychotic disorder

- No diabetes requiring oral hypoglycemics or insulin

- No excessive use of alcohol or alcoholism

- No current addiction to opiates, cocaine, or stimulants

- No poorly controlled hypertension (i.e., systolic blood pressure [BP] > 170 mm Hg
and/or diastolic BP > 110 mm Hg)

- No allergy to bupropion hydrochloride

- No other surgical or medical condition that may significantly alter absorption,
distribution, metabolism, or excretion of bupropion hydrochloride

- No history of noncompliance to medical regimens

- No other clinical contraindication

- No major depressive disorder

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

- At least 14 days since prior and no concurrent monoamine oxidase inhibitor

- No recent discontinuation of a benzodiazepine

- No concurrent Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)

- No other concurrent drugs containing bupropion hydrochloride (e.g., Wellbutrin or
Zyban)

- No concurrent antipsychotics, antidepressants, theophylline, systemic steroids,
over-the-counter stimulants or anorectics, or levodopa

- No concurrent active treatment for cancer (e.g., chemotherapy or radiotherapy)



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bladder Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Gastric Cancer
Head and Neck Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Leukemia
Liver Cancer
Lung Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
Tobacco Use Disorder
Intervention(s)
Drug: bupropion hydrochloride
Other: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Effect of bupropion hydrochloride on changes in smoking behavior as well as smoking satisfaction, craving, and withdrawal as determined during the pre-cessation phase [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Role of pre-cessation bupropion hydrochloride effects in smoking cessation [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
CDR0000565103
I 57805
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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