Varenicline Smoking Cessation Treatment for Methadone Maintenance Patients

Summary

This randomized trial will evaluate whether varenicline directly observed therapy provided at a methadone clinic is more efficacious than self-administered varenicline for promoting smoking cessation and enhancing adherence.

Timeline

Start

2011-07

Primary completion

2015-07

Completion

2015-07

Publications

• Livingstone-Banks J, Fanshawe TR, Thomas KH, Theodoulou A, Hajizadeh A, Hartman L, Lindson N. Nicotine receptor partial agonists for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 5;5(5):CD006103. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006103.pub8.
• Nahvi S, Adams TR, Ning Y, Zhang C, Arnsten JH. Effect of varenicline directly observed therapy versus varenicline self-administered therapy on varenicline adherence and smoking cessation in methadone-maintained smokers: a randomized controlled trial. Addiction. 2021 Apr;116(4):902-913. doi: 10.1111/add.15240. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
• Nahvi S, Segal KS, Litwin AH, Arnsten JH. Rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial of varenicline directly observed therapy delivered in methadone clinics. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2014 Jun 13;9(1):9. doi: 10.1186/1940-0640-9-9.

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