Lead: Varenicline for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Varenicline for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association

This 12-week randomized clinical trial in 261 treatment-seeking youth aged 16 to 25 years assessed if varenicline, when added to brief, remotely delivered behavioral support, was efficacious and well tolerated for nicotine vaping cessation in youth.  Researchers found that continuous abstinence rates were higher in the varenicline group than in the placebo group in the last month of treatment (51% vs 14%) and at 6-month follow-up (28% vs 7%). Treatment-emergent adverse events did not differ significantly between groups. Varenicline, when added to brief cessation counseling, is well tolerated and promotes nicotine vaping cessation compared with placebo in youth with addiction to vaped nicotine.

 

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