Please select the arm or intervention descriptions that belong to the clinical trial below.
Title: Evaluation of Varenicline (Champix) in Smoking Cessation for Patients Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome (EVITA) Trial
Brief Summary: The EVITA study is a clinical trial that will test the effect of varenicline (Champix™), a new drug used to help people quit smoking, in patients who have suffered a heart attack. Varenicline has been recently shown to increase the number of otherwise healthy people who quit smoking compared to placebo (sugar pill). Although varenicline has been shown to reduce smoking in healthy populations, its effectiveness in patients recovering from a heart attack is unknown. The EVITA trial will help answer this question.

A total of 300 patients who have recently suffered a heart attack and are active smokers will be recruited in the study. For twelve weeks, half the patients will receive varenicline and the other half will receive placebo pills. Patients will be followed for a period of 12 months. During this time, patients will receive telephone calls and go to clinic visits in order to assess if they are smoking. These follow-ups will also assess any side effects and clinical events such as another heart attack or hospitalization that patients may have had. Smoking cessation will be checked using exhaled carbon monoxide readings and self-reports.

The EVITA trial will be the first study to examine the use of varenicline in patients who have recently had a heart attack. These patients, if they continue to smoke, are at high risk of having another cardiac event. If varenicline is shown to be useful in this population, it will have a major impact on prevention of cardiac events in patients who have suffered a heart attack.


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A: Arm Label: Varenicline; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: varenicline | Arm Label: Sugar pill; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Other: placebo | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: varenicline; Assigned to Arm(s): Varenicline | Intervention Type: OTHER; Name: placebo; Assigned to Arm(s): Sugar pill
B: Arm Label: patch; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: nicotine patch | Arm Label: nicotine lozenge; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: nicotine lozenge | Arm Label: bupropion; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: bupropion | Arm Label: patch + lozenge; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: patch + lozenge | Arm Label: buproion + lozenge; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: bupropion + lozenge | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: nicotine patch; Assigned to Arm(s): patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: nicotine patch; Assigned to Arm(s): patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: nicotine lozenge; Assigned to Arm(s): nicotine lozenge | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: bupropion; Assigned to Arm(s): bupropion | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: patch + lozenge; Assigned to Arm(s): patch + lozenge | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: bupropion + lozenge; Assigned to Arm(s): buproion + lozenge
C: Arm Label: 1; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Nicotine patch, nicotine inhaler, bupropion | Arm Label: 2; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Nicotine patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Nicotine patch, nicotine inhaler, bupropion; Assigned to Arm(s): 1 | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Nicotine patch; Assigned to Arm(s): 2
D: Arm Label: Bupropion SR; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Bupropion SR | Arm Label: Placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Bupropion SR; Assigned to Arm(s): Bupropion SR | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo Oral Tablet; Assigned to Arm(s): Placebo

Answer: A