A Preliminary Feasibility Study of Varenicline for Smoking Cessation in Bipolar Disorder.

What it found

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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.

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Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Korean Clinical Practice Guideline of Korean Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (KSRNT) and National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency (NECA) on Treatment of Tobacco Use 2024.Journal of Korean medical science · 2025
   Guideline
2. Pharmacological and behavioural interventions to promote smoking cessation in adults with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials.BMJ open · 2019
   Pooled it
3. Smoking cessation in severe mental ill health: what works? an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2017
   Pooled it
4. Sex Differences in Varenicline Efficacy for Smoking Cessation: A Meta-Analysis.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016
   Pooled it
5. Efficacy and tolerability of pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation in adults with serious mental illness: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016
   Pooled it
6. Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Web-Delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Versus Smokefree.gov for Smokers With Bipolar Disorder.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2020
   Trial
7. Safety and efficacy of first-line smoking cessation pharmacotherapies in bipolar disorders: Subgroup analysis of a randomized clinical trial.Journal of affective disorders · 2019
   Trial
8. Smokers with bipolar disorder, other affective disorders, and no mental health conditions: Comparison of baseline characteristics and success at quitting in a large 12-month behavioral intervention randomized trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018
   Trial
9. Flexible, dual-form nicotine replacement therapy or varenicline in comparison with nicotine patch for smoking cessation: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2016
   Trial
10. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and nicotine patch for smokers with bipolar disorder: preliminary evaluation of in-person and telephone-delivered treatment.Bipolar disorders · 2015
    Trial
11. Efficacy of initiating tobacco dependence treatment in inpatient psychiatry: a randomized controlled trial.American journal of public health · 2014
    Trial
12. Cigarette smoking and risk of suicide in bipolar disorder: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023
    Review
13. The detrimental effects of smoking on the course and outcome in adults with bipolar disorder-A narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022
    Review
14. Achieving Smoking Cessation in Individuals with Schizophrenia: Special Considerations.CNS drugs · 2017
    Review
15. Smoking cessation and reduction in people with chronic mental illness.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2015
    Review
16. Tobacco use in bipolar disorder.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2015
    Article
17. Mood management and nicotine patch for smoking cessation in adults with bipolar disorder.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2013
    Article
18. Treatment of tobacco dependence in people with mental health and addictive disorders.Current psychiatry reports · 2012
    Review
19. Tobacco use treatment in primary care patients with psychiatric illness.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
    Review
20. Treatment of tobacco use disorders in smokers with serious mental illness: toward clinical best practices.Harvard review of psychiatry
    Review

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