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: Placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Champix | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Champix; Assigned to Arm(s): Placebo
B: Arm Label: placebo; Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Placebo | Arm Label: varenicline; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: varenicline tartrate | Arm Label: bupropion; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: bupropion hydrochloride | Arm Label: Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch; Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR; Interventions: Drug: Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Placebo; Assigned to Arm(s): placebo | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: varenicline tartrate; Assigned to Arm(s): varenicline | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: bupropion hydrochloride; Assigned to Arm(s): bupropion | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch; Assigned to Arm(s): Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch
C: 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
D: Arm Label: Extended Brief Contact; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline, Behavioral: Initial Individual counseling, Behavioral: Check-ins with medical staff | Arm Label: Extended Health Education; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline, Behavioral: Initial Individual counseling, Behavioral: Extended Individual Counseling - Health Model | Arm Label: Extended Relapse Prevention plus varenicline; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline, Behavioral: Initial Individual counseling, Behavioral: Extended Individual Counseling - Relapse Prevention Model | Arm Label: Extended Relapse Prevention; Type: EXPERIMENTAL; Interventions: Drug: Varenicline, Behavioral: Initial Individual counseling, Behavioral: Extended Individual Counseling - Relapse Prevention Model | Intervention Type: DRUG; Name: Varenicline; Assigned to Arm(s): Extended Brief Contact, Extended Health Education, Extended Relapse Prevention, Extended Relapse Prevention plus varenicline | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Initial Individual counseling; Assigned to Arm(s): Extended Brief Contact, Extended Health Education, Extended Relapse Prevention, Extended Relapse Prevention plus varenicline | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Check-ins with medical staff; Assigned to Arm(s): Extended Brief Contact | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Extended Individual Counseling - Health Model; Assigned to Arm(s): Extended Health Education | Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL; Name: Extended Individual Counseling - Relapse Prevention Model; Assigned to Arm(s): Extended Relapse Prevention, Extended Relapse Prevention plus varenicline

Answer: C