Still smoke a pack a day? Clinical Trial Opportunity

[Vocalek]

Star Scientific is conducting clinical trials on two supplements it developed, based on Anatabine, an alkaloid found in tobacco.

Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Dietary Supplement Anatabloc in Reducing Daily Smokers' Urge to Smoke - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov


This study will consist of 2 phases. Phase 1 will be a one day crossover study to see the effects of study product on a smoker's desire to smoke, measured by changes in scores on questionnaires given over time. Phase 2 will be a two-week extension, in which subjects will self-administer the study product and visit the study site for assessment of desire to smoke and collection of samples for the evaluation of smoking-related biomarkers.

Location: Martinsburg WV

Eligibility


Ages Eligible for Study: 23 Years to 72 YearsGenders Eligible for Study: BothAccepts Healthy Volunteers: YesCriteria
Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy adult smokers
• using at least 1 pack of cigarettes per day, for at least 5 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• allergy to study product components

I live near enough, but I don't meet the inclusion criteria... any more.

 

[Vocalek]

And just found scientific research supporting the idea that something in nicotine has anti-inflammatory properties:

Nicotine inhibits the production of proinfl... [Clin Exp Immunol. 2006] - PubMed - NCBI

These immunosuppressive effects of nicotine may contribute to the regulation of some immune diseases.

 

[tescela]

Anatabloc is on the market. Has anyone here tried it yet?

 

[tiburonfirst]

bump - interesting subject

vocalek - any preliminary results from that trial that you are aware of?