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NCT Number: NCT05873738

Smoking Cessation in a Cohort HIV+ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The study was carried out within a large, urban prospective cohort of PLHIV at the Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI). Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, INI is a national public referral center for PLWHA receiving primary care since 1998. From December 2019, adults who had attitudes toward quitting smoking and had no contraindications to study pharmacotherapy were enrolled by active site searching

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Key information

Conditions

Smoking Cessation Behavior Brachial Flow Mediated Dilatation Health Behavior Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas

Rio de Janeiro, 22210-080, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • individuals were deemed as regular smokers, defined as the consumption of one or more pack (20 cigarettes) per week in the past 6 months, and expired carbon monoxide (CO) measurement > 10 ppm at the screening visit.

Exclusion criteria

  • previous use of transdermal nicotine patches or bupropion in the last 6 months; (ii) contraindication to nicotine patches; (iii). Pregnancy; (iv) breastfeeding

Treatment and study plan

Nicotine Replacement

Drug

Nicotine patches

Primary outcomes

  1. FMD

    Time frame: 12 months

    Flow mediated brachial artery dilatation

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Instituto Fernandes Figueira

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Smoking Cessation is Associated With Short-term Improvement of Vascular Health in a Cohort of People Living With HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
May 24, 2023
Registry last updated
May 24, 2023

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