Varenicline Tartrate With Telephone-Based Counseling and/or Internet-Based Counseling in Helping Adults Stop Smoking
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2008-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Varenicline tartrate may help people quit smoking by decreasing the symptoms of
nicotine withdrawal. It is not yet known whether varenicline tartrate is more effective in
helping people stop smoking when given together with a telephone-based counseling program,
and Internet-based counseling program, or both programs.
PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well giving varenicline tartrate
together with a telephone-based counseling program and/or an Internet-based counseling
program works in helping adults stop smoking.