Understanding Disparities in Quitting in African American and White Smokers

Summary

The purpose of this study is to describe the differences in quitting smoking between African Americans (AA) and White smokers treated with varenicline.

Timeline

Start

2013-02

Primary completion

2017-04

Completion

2017-04

Publications

• Chenoweth MJ, Kim YJ, Nollen NL, Hawk LW Jr, Mahoney MC, Lerman C, Knight J, Tyndale RF. Genetic Prediction of Smoking Cessation Medication Side Effects: A Genome-Wide Investigation of Abnormal Dreams on Varenicline. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2024 Jun;115(6):1277-1281. doi: 10.1002/cpt.3210. Epub 2024 Feb 19.
• Nollen NL, Mayo MS, Saint Onge JM, Scheuermann TS, Cox LS, Chae D, Leavens E, Ahluwalia JS. The effect of area-level disadvantage and race on smoking abstinence in a clinical trial. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 2022 Jun;30(3):279-286. doi: 10.1037/pha0000493. Epub 2021 Aug 9.
• El-Boraie A, Chenoweth MJ, Pouget JG, Benowitz NL, Fukunaga K, Mushiroda T, Kubo M, Nollen NL, Sanderson Cox L, Lerman C, Knight J, Tyndale RF. Transferability of Ancestry-Specific and Cross-Ancestry CYP2A6 Activity Genetic Risk Scores in African and European Populations. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct;110(4):975-985. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2135. Epub 2021 Jan 1.
• Peng AR, Swardfager W, Benowitz NL, Ahluwalia JS, Lerman C, Nollen NL, Tyndale RF. Impact of early nausea on varenicline adherence and smoking cessation. Addiction. 2020 Jan;115(1):134-144. doi: 10.1111/add.14810. Epub 2019 Nov 5.
• Nollen NL, Mayo MS, Sanderson Cox L, Benowitz NL, Tyndale RF, Ellerbeck EF, Scheuermann TS, Ahluwalia JS. Factors That Explain Differences in Abstinence Between Black and White Smokers: A Prospective Intervention Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2019 Oct 1;111(10):1078-1087. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz001.
• Nollen NL, Cox LS, Yu Q, Ellerbeck EF, Scheuermann TS, Benowitz NL, Tyndale RF, Mayo MS, Ahluwalia JS. A clinical trial to examine disparities in quitting between African-American and White adult smokers: Design, accrual, and baseline characteristics. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Mar;47:12-21. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2015.12.001. Epub 2015 Dec 5.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.