A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Ariva® Silver Wintergreen, a Smoking Aversive Lozenge
A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover, Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Ariva® Silver Wintergreen, a Smoking Aversive Lozenge, Containing Tobacco and Silver Salt - in Healthy Smokers
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of silver salt in Ariva® Silver Wintergreen Lozenge on discouraging smoking, by its imparting an unfavorable taste to the smoker when tobacco is smoked.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for phase_1
Started Jul 2009
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2009
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 14, 2011
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 18, 2011
CompletedOctober 24, 2014
October 1, 2014
Same day
April 14, 2011
October 23, 2014
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Effectiveness of Ariva® Silver Wintergreen lozenge on discouraging smoking in smokers
Effectiveness measured by change in scores over time across several questionnaires.
90 minutes
Study Arms (2)
Ariva Silver Wintergreen
EXPERIMENTALSubjects allow study product lozenge to dissolve in mouth, smoke a cigarette, then answer questionnaires about product taste and effect on desire to smoke.
Placebo Wintergreen
PLACEBO COMPARATORSubjects allow study placebo lozenge to dissolve in mouth, smoke a cigarette, then answer questionnaires about product taste and effect on desire to smoke.
Interventions
Study product containing 6 mg silver salt and 2 mg nicotine per dissolvable lozenge, administered orally as a single dose.
Placebo Wintergreen lozenge containing no tobacco, nicotine, or silver salt, administered orally as a single dose.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- healthy adult smoker
- smoking for at least 5 years
- smoking at least one (1) pack of cigarettes a day
- interest in quitting smoking
You may not qualify if:
- known allergy to silver or silver salts
- pregnant or breast-feeding
- current drug or alcohol abuse, and/or history of drug or alcohol dependence within 3 months of study
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Comfort Inn
Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25401, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Maria Varga, MD
Star Scientific, Inc
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- QUADRUPLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- INDUSTRY
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 14, 2011
First Posted
April 18, 2011
Study Start
July 1, 2009
Primary Completion
July 1, 2009
Study Completion
July 1, 2009
Last Updated
October 24, 2014
Record last verified: 2014-10