Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Varenicline, an Alpha 4 Beta 2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Partial Agonist, on Cognitive Dysfunction in 120 Patients With Schizophrenia: a Randomized, Double Blind, 8 Weeks Trial
Brief Summary: The primary objective of this project is to examine the effects of varenicline treatment used concomitantly with antipsychotic medications, on cognitive dysfunction in people with schizophrenia. The secondary objective is to evaluate the effect of this combination therapy on smoking in people with schizophrenia. This study will be a randomized, double blind, parallel group, placebo controlled 8 weeks trial.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Clinically stable patients with schizophrenia

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refractory schizophrenia
* Mental Retardation
* Serious Medical illness
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects must have smoked on average of at least ten cigarettes per day during the past year
* Subjects must have no period of abstinence greater than three months in the past year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with any history of clinically significant cardiovascular disease
* Uncontrolled hypertension
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Have no known serious medical conditions;
* Male;
* Are 18-65 years old;
* Smoke an average of at least 10 cigarettes per day;
* Have smoked at least one cumulative year;
* Have an expired air carbon monoxide (CO) reading of at least 10ppm;
* Able to read and understand English;
* Express a desire to quit smoking in the next thirty days.

Potential subjects must agree to use acceptable contraception.

Potential subjects must agree to avoid the following:

* participation in any other nicotine-related modification strategy outside of this protocol;
* use of tobacco products other than cigarettes, including pipe tobacco, cigars, e-cigarettes, snuff, and chewing tobacco;
* use of experimental (investigational) drugs or devices;
* use of illegal drugs;
* use of opiate medications.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Hypertension;
* Hypotension with symptoms;
* Coronary heart disease;
* Lifetime history of heart attack;
* Cardiac rhythm disorder (irregular heart rhythm);
* Chest pains (unless history, exam, and electrocardiogram (ECG) clearly indicate a non-cardiac source);
* Cardiac (heart) disorder (including but not limited to valvular heart disease, heart murmur, heart failure);
* History of skin allergy;
* Active skin disorder (e.g., psoriasis) within the last five years;
* Liver or kidney disorder (except kidney stones, gallstones);
* Gastrointestinal problems or disease other than gastroesophageal reflux or heartburn;
* Active ulcers in the past 30 days;
* Currently symptomatic lung disorder/disease (including but not limited to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and asthma);
* Brain abnormality (including but not limited to stroke, brain tumor, and seizure disorder);
* Migraine headaches that occur more frequently than once per week;
* Recent, unexplained fainting spells;
* Problems giving blood samples;
* Diabetes treated with insulin; non-insulin treated diabetes (unless glucose is less than 180mg/dcl and HbA1c is less than 7%);
* Current cancer or treatment for cancer in the past six months (except basal or squamous cell skin cancer);
* Other major medical condition;
* Current psychiatric disease (with the exception of anxiety disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and ADHD);
* Suicidal ideation (within the past 10 years) or lifetime occurrence of attempted suicide;
* Current depression;
* Bulimia or anorexia;
* Use of opiate medications for pain or sleep (non-opiate medication for pain or sleep will be allowed) within the past 14 days;
* Smoking more than one cigar a month.
* Alcohol abuse;
* Significant adverse reaction to nicotine patches, bupropion / Wellbutrin / Zyban or Chantix / varenicline in the past.
* Current participation or recent participation (in the past 30 days) in another smoking study at our Center or another research facility.
* Current participation in another research study.

Use (within the past 30 days) of:

* Illegal drugs (or if the urine drug screen is positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), Cocaine, Amphetamine, Opiates, Methamphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), Benzodiazepines, or Barbiturates),
* Experimental (investigational) drugs;
* Psychiatric medications including antidepressants, anti-psychotics or any other medications that are known to affect smoking cessation (e.g. clonidine);
* Smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff), pipes or e-cigarettes;
* Wellbutrin, bupropion, Zyban, Chantix, varenicline, nicotine replacement therapy or any other smoking cessation aid.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Healthy male and female adolescents (12 - 16 years inclusive) with a total body weight greater than 30 kg who currently smoke an average of at least 3 cigarettes per day.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Male and female subjects with a positive urine drug screen and female subjects with a positive pregnancy test.

Answer: A