Van Rossem 2015

Trial name or title	Helping more smokers to quit by combining varenicline with counselling for smoking cessation. The COVACO randomized controlled trial
Methods	Open‐label RCT
Participants	295 primary‐care smoking patients, no minimum CPD
Interventions	Varenicline + brief GP advice vs varenicline + PN or GP extended counselling
Outcomes	PA at wk 52
Starting date
Contact information	C van Rossem
Notes

This list does not include all registered studies of varenicline, dianicline and cytisine. It covers only those studies expected to be eventual candidates for inclusion within future updates of this review, i.e. RCTs of smoking cessation interventions with a minimum follow‐up of six months, or for shorter duration if safety issues are the main outcome.

ACS: acute coronary syndrome CAR: continuous abstinence rate COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease CPD: cigarettes per day CQR: continuous quit rate MI: motivational interviewing PLWHA: people living with HIV/AIDS PN: psychiatric nurse PPA: point prevalence abstinence PTSD: post‐traumatic stress disorder TAU: treatment as usual