Personalized dosing of nicotine replacement therapy versus standard dosing for the treatment of individuals with tobacco dependence: study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Personalized dosing of nicotine replacement therapy versus standard dosing for the treatment of individuals with tobacco dependence: study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Abstract Background Medications for smoking cessation are currently only effective in helping a minority of smokers quit. Drug development is slow and expensive; as such, there is much interest in optimizing the effectiveness of existing treatments and medications. Current standard doses of nicotine...

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Main Authors: Laurie Zawertailo, Christian S. Hendershot, Rachel F. Tyndale, Bernard Le Foll, Andriy V. Samokhvalov, Kevin E. Thorpe, Andrew Pipe, Robert D. Reid, Peter Selby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Nicotine replacement therapy
Smoking cessation
Dose titration
Nicotine patches
Placebo patches
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04532-7

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