Efficacy and Safety of Rimonabant as an Aid to Smoking Cessation With or Without Nicotine Patch
The primary objective is to compare the efficacy of rimonabant 20 mg OD fixed dose plus nicotine patch 21 mg OD with the combination rimonabant 20 mg OD fixed dose plus placebo patch on abstinence from smoking in cigarette smokers motivated to quit. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the clinical and biological safety of rimonabant associated with nicotine replacement therapy during a 9-week...
Brief Summary
Official Title: “Single Country, Double-Blind, Randomized, 2-Arm, Parallel-Group Study, Evaluating Efficacy and Safety of Rimonabant 20 mg OD, With/Without Association of Nicotine Patch, as Aid to Smoking Cessation During 9-Week Period”
The primary objective is to compare the efficacy of rimonabant 20 mg OD fixed dose plus nicotine patch 21 mg OD with the combination rimonabant 20 mg OD fixed dose plus placebo patch on abstinence from smoking in cigarette smokers motivated to quit.
Secondary objectives are to evaluate the clinical and biological safety of rimonabant associated with nicotine replacement therapy during a 9-week treatment period and to evaluate the effect of the combination on weight and craving.
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Study Primary Completion Date: July 2005
Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial
- Drug: rimonabant (SR141716)
Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial
Primary Measures
- Prolonged abstinence from smoking during the last 4 weeks of treatment reported by the subject and confirmed by exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) measurements
Secondary Measures
- Efficacy: mean change of the total score of Questionnaire on Smoking Urges (QSU) brief scale, categorical change in body weight in subjects with Body Mass Index lower than 30 kg/m² at baseline who achieve prolonged abstinence
- Safety data
Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria:
- Smokers smoking at least 15 cigarettes/day as a mean within the 2 months preceding the screening visit
- Motivated to quit with a score greater than or equal to 6 on the ten-point Motivation Scale
Exclusion Criteria:
- non tobacco cigarettes consumption
- chronic use of marijuana
- pregnancy
- breastfeeding
- any clinically significant disease that might interfere with the efficacy or safety evaluation of the study drug
- Concomitant use of drugs as an aid to smoking cessation or that might induce weight change
Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both
Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 18 Years
Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No
Clinical Trial Investigator Information
Lead Investigator: Sanofi-Aventis Industry
Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts
ICD CSD Study Director Sanofi-Aventis
Additional Information
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 12, 2012
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00458718
Study ID Number: EFC4798
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00458718
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration
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