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NCT Number: NCT00464256

Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Rimonabant 20mg/Day Versus Placebo in Smoking Cessation

The primary objective is to assess the efficacy a 20mg/day fixed dose of rimonabant versus placebo on abstinence from tobacco use in cigarette smoker.

The secondary objective is to evaluate the effects of rimonabant on craving and weight and on the clinical and biological safety and tolerability of rimonabant in a population of cigarette tobacco smokers during a 10-week treatment period.

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office

Bridgewater, New Jersey, 08807, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Smokers smoking at least 10 cigarettes/day as a mean within the 2 months preceding the screening visit
  • Motivated to quit with a score greater than or equal to 6 on the ten-point Motivation Scale

Exclusion criteria

  • Non tobacco cigarettes consumption
  • Chronic use of marijuana
  • Pregnancy, breastfeeding
  • Any clinically significant disease that might interfere with the efficacy or safety evaluation of the study drug
  • Concomitant use of drugs as an aid to smoking cessation or that might induce weight change

Treatment and study plan

rimonabant

Drug

Primary outcomes

  1. Prolonged abstinence from smoking during the last 4 weeks of treatment reported by the subject and confirmed by exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) and cotinine measurements

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy: mean change of the total score of Questionnaire on Smoking Urges (QSU) brief scale, categorical change in body weight in subjects with Body Mass Index lower than 30 kg/m² at baseline who achieve prolonged abstinence

  2. Safety data

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Sanofi

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of a 20 mg/Day Oral Dose of Rimonabant Versus Placebo as an Aid to Smoking Cessation - a US, Randomized, Double-blind, 2 Arm, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Fixed Dose, 12-week Study

Acronym: STRATUS-META

Important dates

Study start
2004
Primary completion
2004
Study completion
2004
First posted
Apr 23, 2007
Registry last updated
Dec 10, 2010

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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