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.


Options:
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: Effectiveness of Nicotine patch only; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Nicotine Patch | Arm Label: Effectiveness of Combination NRT; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Nicotine lozenge, Drug: Nicotine Patch | Arm Label: Effectiveness of Varenicline [Chantix]; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Varenicline; Assigned to Arm(s): Effectiveness of Varenicline [Chantix] | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Nicotine lozenge; Assigned to Arm(s): Effectiveness of Combination NRT | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Nicotine Patch; Assigned to Arm(s): Effectiveness of Combination NRT, Effectiveness of Nicotine patch only
C: Arm Label: Varenicline and Placebo Patch; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline and Placebo Patch | Arm Label: Varenicline and Nicotine Patch; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline, Nicotine Patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Varenicline, Nicotine Patch; Assigned to Arm(s): Varenicline and Nicotine Patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Varenicline and Placebo Patch; Assigned to Arm(s): Varenicline and Placebo Patch
D: Arm Label: Active; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline Tartrate | Arm Label: Placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Placebo | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Varenicline Tartrate; Assigned to Arm(s): Active | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo; Assigned to Arm(s): Placebo

Answer: A