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Optimizing Tobacco Use Treatment for PLWHA
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Summary
The advent of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) substantially improved life expectancy but has also led to the critical need to address modifiable risk factors associated with cancer and cardiovascular disease, such as tobacco smoking. HIV-infected smokers lose more life-years due to tobacco use than they do to their HIV infection. There have been relatively few studies of tobacco use treatments for PLWHA and systematic reviews show that there are insufficient data to conclude that tobacco dependence interventions that are efficacious in the general population are efficacious for PLWHA. Further, many studies in this area have lacked randomization and a control group, infrequently used an intent-to-treat (ITT) approach and biological verification of tobacco abstinence, and lacked post-treatment follow-up.10 What investigators do know thus far is that behavioral interventions and the nicotine patch yield moderate effects on cessation; and 2 recent placebo-controlled trials - one in France and one by this lab - found that varenicline is safe and effective for treating tobacco use among PLWHA, but yield quit rates that are substantially lower than those reported in the general population. Thus, there is a critical need to rigorously test novel ways to optimize tobacco cessation treatment for smokers with HIV.
Official title: Testing Novel Pharmacogenetic and Adherence Optimization Treatments to Improve the Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Treatments for Smokers With HIV
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
340
Start Date
2020-02-17
Completion Date
2026-08-31
Last Updated
2025-12-12
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Varenicline
Participants will receive open-label varenicline for 12 weeks.
Nicotine patch
Participants will receive open-label nicotine patch for 12 weeks. (Participants in the NMR-tailored treatment arms will receive either varenicline OR patch; they will not receive both)
Standard treatment
Standard behavioral smoking cessation treatment is an effective treatment for nicotine dependence. Treatment focuses on self-monitoring of smoking behavior, identifying smoking triggers and alternative trigger management strategies, relaxation, social support for non-smoking, and relapse prevention. Participants will receive up to 5 therapy sessions (2 in person, 3 over the phone) over 8 weeks.
Standard treatment + Managed Problem Solving (MAPS) adherence intervention
Standard behavioral smoking cessation treatment is an effective treatment for nicotine dependence. Treatment focuses on self-monitoring of smoking behavior, identifying smoking triggers and alternative trigger management strategies, relaxation, social support for non-smoking, and relapse prevention. Managed Problem Solving (MAPS) is a therapeutic process that involves the systematic delineation of a participant's medication adherence problems and construction of a series of individualized solutions that therapists and participants explore together. Participants will receive up to 5 therapy sessions (2 in person, 3 over the phone) over 8 weeks. The first session will directly address potential medication adherence barriers, and therapist and participant will collaboratively brainstorm ways to overcome these barriers.
Locations (2)
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States