Overview
Health Education Counseling With or Without Bupropion in Helping African Americans Stop Smoking
Status:
Completed
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-06-01
2010-06-01
Target enrollment:
0
0
Participant gender:
All
All
Summary
RATIONALE: A stop-smoking plan that includes health education counseling and bupropion may help African-American smokers stop smoking. It is not yet known whether health education counseling is more effective with or without bupropion in helping African Americans stop smoking. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying health education counseling and bupropion to see how well they work compared with a placebo and health education counseling in helping African Americans smokers stop smoking.Phase:
Phase 4Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
NoDetails
Lead Sponsor:
Lisa Cox, PhDLisa Sanderson Cox, PhD
Collaborator:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)Treatments:
BupropionCriteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:- African American who has smoked ≤ 10 cigarettes per day for ≥ 2 years AND has smoked
for ≥ 25 days within the past month
- Not a heavy smoker
- No other forms of tobacco within the past 30 days
- Must be interested in stopping smoking
- No other smoker in the household enrolled in this study
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Has a home address and a functioning telephone number
- Not planning to move from the Kansas City metro area within the next 12 months
- Not pregnant or nursing
- Negative pregnancy test
- No alcohol or substance abuse within the past year
- Not currently drinking ≥ 14 alcoholic drinks per week
- No binge drinking (5 or more drinks on one occasion) on at least two occasions within
the past month
- No history of seizures or head trauma
- No history of bulimia or anorexia nervosa
- No myocardial infarction within the past 30 days
- No reported use of opiates, cocaine, or stimulants
- No diabetes requiring oral hypoglycemics or insulin
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- More than 30 days since prior nicotine replacement therapy, fluoxetine, clonidine,
buspirone, or doxepin
- No other concurrent medication that contains bupropion hydrochloride
- No concurrent psychoactive medications