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Trial reportThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2011

Bupropion-SR for smoking cessation in early recovery from alcohol dependence: a placebo-controlled, double-blind pilot study.

Maher Karam-Hage, Stephen Strobbe, Jason D Robinson, Kirk J Brower

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Guideline
  2. Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020
    Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014
    Pooled it
  5. Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maher Karam-HageDepartment of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. maherkaram@mdanderson.org
Stephen Strobbe
Jason D Robinson
Kirk J Brower

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
ZINC GLUCONATE GLYCINE LOZENGES &VITAMIN C EFFECTS ON COMMON COLDM01RR000042 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ORAL, ELIF ARIOGLU · 1985 to 2007
$40.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000042NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR00042
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a double-blind pilot study involving 11 alcohol- and nicotine-dependent patients randomized to receive either bupropion or placebo. Four of six patients on bupropion and one of five patients on placebo were abstinent from smoking at the end of medication phase. Those in the bupropion group reported significantly less craving (p < .02) and less exposure to cigarette smoke over time (expired carbon monoxide; p < .01). There were no serious adverse events and no main effects of medication group on either per subject or total number of adverse events. All those who completed treatment remained abstinent from alcohol.

Indexed as

AlcoholismBupropionDelayed-Action PreparationsDopamine Uptake InhibitorsDouble-Blind MethodFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePilot ProjectsSmoking CessationTemperanceTime FactorsTobacco Use DisorderBupropionDelayed-Action PreparationsDopamine Uptake Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID21797811
PMCPMC4048722

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