Coleman, T;
Thornton, J;
Britton, J;
Lewis, S;
Watts, K;
Coughtrie, MWH;
Mannion, C;
... Godfrey, C; + view all
(2007)
Protocol for the Smoking, Nicotine and Pregnancy (SNAP) trial: Double-blind, placebo-randomised, controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy.
BMC Health Services Research
, 7
, Article 2. 10.1186/1472-6963-7-2.
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Abstract
Background: Smoking in pregnancy remains a public health challenge. Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective for smoking cessation in non-pregnant people, but because women metabolise nicotine and cotinine much faster in pregnancy, it is unclear whether this will be effective for smoking cessation in pregnancy. The NHS Health Technology Assessment Programme (HTA)-funded smoking, nicotine and pregnancy (SNAP) trial will investigate whether or not nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is effective, cost-effective and safe when used for smoking cessation by pregnant women. Methods/Design: Over two years, in 5 trial centres, 1050 pregnant women who are between 12 and 24 weeks pregnant will be randomised as they attend hospital for ante-natal ultrasound scans. Women will receive either nicotine or placebo transdermal patches with behavioural support. The primary outcome measure is biochemically-validated, self-reported, prolonged and total abstinence from smoking between a quit date (defined before randomisation and set within two weeks of this) and delivery. At six months after childbirth self-reported maternal smoking status will be ascertained and two years after childbirth, self-reported maternal smoking status and the behaviour, cognitive development and respiratory symptoms of children born in the trial will be compared in both groups. Discussion: This trial is designed to ascertain whether or not standard doses of NRT (as transdermal patches) are effective and safe when used for smoking cessation during pregnancy.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Protocol for the Smoking, Nicotine and Pregnancy (SNAP) trial: Double-blind, placebo-randomised, controlled trial of nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1472-6963-7-2 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-7-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2007 Coleman et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Neonatology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/792119 |
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