Pilot Study of Nicotine Replacement for Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

We plan to examine the feasibility, acceptability, preliminary quit rates, overall nicotine exposure and adverse effects of the nicotine inhaler for smoking cessation in pregnancy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hartford Hospital
• Collaborator: UConn Health
• Treatments: Nicotine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 13-26 weeks pregnant

• Smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day the preceding 7 days

• Motivated to quit smoking (at least 7 on a 10 pt. scale)

• Able to speak English

• Intend to carry pregnancy to term

• Stable residence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Current drug or alcohol abuse or dependence (other than methadone maintenance

• Twins or multiple gestation

• Unstable psychiatric disorder

• Unstable medical problems

• Known congenital abnormality

• High risk pregnancy