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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Oct 23;10:CD001055. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001055.pub4
Trial name or title Physical activity as an aid to smoking cessation during pregnancy (LEAP) trial
Methods Individually randomised controlled trial.
Participants Pregnant women who smoke at least 1 cigarette a day (and at least 5 cigarettes a day before pregnancy), and are between 10 and 24 weeks pregnant
Interventions Supervised exercise on a treadmill plus physical activity consultations
Outcomes Self-reported and biochemically validated continuous abstinence from smoking between a specified quit date and the end of pregnancy
Starting date The LEAP trial began recruiting patients in April 2009, and recruitment will close in November 2012 Data collection for the primary outcome is due to be completed in July 2013. As of October 2nd 2012, 768 women were recruited
Contact information Michael Ussher: mussher@sgul.ac.uk
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George’s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 ORE, UK
Notes ISRCTN48600346