Completed
Timing of Smoking Intervention in Alcohol Treatment
What is being tested
nicotine replacement patch
Drug
Who is being recruted
Behavior+4
+ Mental Disorders
+ Substance-Related Disorders
From 21 to 75 Years
+10 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 4
Interventional
Study Start: September 1997
Summary
Principal SponsorMinneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Last updated: February 11, 2011
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Study start date: September 1, 1997
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.This study will attempt to determine the best time to begin a smoking cessation program in individuals who undergo intensive treatment for alcohol dependence. The goal of this trial is to determine whether a smoking cessation program is more effective if it occurs at the same time as or after treatment for alcohol dependence. The study also will attempt to determine the effect of smoking cessation programs on the outcome of treatment for alcohol dependence.
Principal SponsorMinneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Last updated: February 11, 2011
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
500 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.From 21 to 75 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
BehaviorMental DisordersSubstance-Related DisordersAlcohol-Related DisordersChemically-Induced DisordersAlcoholismSmoking
Criteria
3 inclusion criteria required to participate
Complete first week of alcohol treatment program
Current cigarette smoker (more than 5 cigarettes/day, smoking more than 1 year)
Meets criteria for alcohol use disorder and other drug dependence
7 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Current use of disulfiram (Antabuse) or naltrexone (Revia)
Current use of pipes, cigars, or smokeless tobacco and unwillingness to stop
Lifetime diagnosis of an excluding psychiatric disorder: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, eating disorder, post- traumatic stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or borderline personality disorder
Lives more than 100 miles from alcohol treatment facility
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Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 1 location
General Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center
Minneapolis, United StatesOpen General Internal Medicine, VA Medical Center in Google MapsCompletedOne Study Center