# Effects of Varenicline in Heavy Drinking Smokers

> **NCT02488889** · PHASE4 · WITHDRAWN · sponsor: **University of California, Los Angeles**

## Conditions studied

- Cigarette Smoking
- Alcohol Consumption

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Varenicline
- **DRUG:** Placebo pill (for varenicline)
- **DRUG:** Alcohol
- **DRUG:** placebo beverage (for alcohol)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02488889
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, Los Angeles
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** PHASE4
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** WITHDRAWN
- **Start date:** 2015-08
- **Primary completion:** 2016-07-17
- **Final completion:** 2016-07-17
- **Target enrollment:** 0 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** Investigator left institution prior to enrollment of study participants
- **Last updated:** 2018-06-01


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02488889

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02488889, "Effects of Varenicline in Heavy Drinking Smokers". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02488889. Licensed CC0.

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