Health Education Counseling With or Without Bupropion in Helping African Americans Stop Smoking

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.

Conditions

• Bladder Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gastric Cancer
• Head and Neck Cancer
• Kidney Cancer
• Leukemia
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

smoking cessation intervention

DRUG

bupropion hydrochloride

GENETIC

gene expression analysis

GENETIC

polymerase chain reaction

OTHER

counseling intervention

OTHER

educational intervention

PROCEDURE

psychosocial assessment and care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  collaborator NIH

• Lisa Sanderson Cox, PhD

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisa S. Cox, PhD · University of Kansas

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2007-12-31

Primary Completion

2010-06-30

Completion

2010-06-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations