Menstrual Cycle Effects on Smoking Cessation and Cue Reactivity

Summary

This is a brief smoking cessation trial in women, comparing transdermal nicotine patch (TNP) versus varenicline.

Timeline

Start

2007-07

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Saladin ME, McClure EA, Baker NL, Carpenter MJ, Ramakrishnan V, Hartwell KJ, Gray KM. Increasing progesterone levels are associated with smoking abstinence among free-cycling women smokers who receive brief pharmacotherapy. Nicotine Tob Res. 2015 Apr;17(4):398-406. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu262.
• Gray KM, McClure EA, Baker NL, Hartwell KJ, Carpenter MJ, Saladin ME. An exploratory short-term double-blind randomized trial of varenicline versus nicotine patch for smoking cessation in women. Addiction. 2015 Jun;110(6):1027-34. doi: 10.1111/add.12895. Epub 2015 Mar 29.

Drugs

Indications