Nicotine Lozenges for Treatment of Smokeless Tobacco Addiction

Smokeless Tobacco Use Clinical Trial

Official title: Evaluating Nicotine Lozenges for Treatment of Smokeless Tobacco Addiction

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled two-group clinical trial. The independent variable is treatment assignment (active 4-mg nicotine lozenge vs. matching placebo lozenge), and the dependent variables are all tobacco and ST abstinence at 3 and 6 months. ST users will be randomly assigned to either the 4-mg active nicotine lozenge or matching placebo.

Clinical Trial Description

Smokeless tobacco (ST) users will be randomly assigned to either the 4-mg active nicotine lozenge or matching placebo. Both groups will receive a behavioral intervention. The two sites for this clinical trial will be the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (central coordinating site) and the Oregon Research Institute (ORI) in Eugene, OR. A total of 270 ST users will be recruited into this clinical trail. All subjects will be randomized to 4 mg Nicotine Lozenges (taken ad lib) or matching placebo. They will be on study medication for 12 weeks and followed up for 6 months from study enrollment ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smokeless Tobacco Use

• NCT number: NCT00392379
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: January 2007
• Completion date: March 2009