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Varenicline Plus Placebo vs Varenicline Plus Lorcaserin: deaths from any cause

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

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ConductScience Library. Varenicline Plus Placebo vs Varenicline Plus Lorcaserin: deaths from any cause. Trial comparisons, record NCT02412631-deaths. Release trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0, 23 Mar 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/comparisons/NCT02412631-deaths

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Measures6

Calculated by ConductScience from the counts the trial posted to ClinicalTrials.gov.

MeasureValue95% interval, lower95% interval, upperMethodNote
Risk in group 1000.0803wilson
Risk in group 2000.0876wilson
Risk difference, group 1 minus group 20-0.08760.0803newcombe hybrid score
Risk ratio, group 1 over group 2loga group has no participants with the outcome
Odds ratio, group 1 over group 2loga cell of the two-by-two table is zero
Number needed to harmfrom the risk difference intervalthe two groups' risks are equal

Groups2

Neither group, or both, names a comparator, so the groups keep ClinicalTrials.gov's order.

GroupTitleDescriptionWith the outcomeAnalysedClinicalTrials.gov code
Group 1Varenicline Plus Placebo
Subjects will receive open label varenicline (12 weeks) plus a placebo for lorcaserin (24 weeks)~Varenicline: Chantix is an FDA approved medication for smoking cessation~Placebo: Placebo for lorcaserin
044EG000
Group 2Varenicline Plus Lorcaserin
Subjects will receive open label varenicline (12 weeks) plus lorcaserin (24 weeks)~lorcaserin: lorcaserin is an FDA-approved weight loss medication for overweight and obese patients~Varenicline: Chantix is an FDA approved medication for smoking cessation
040EG001

Harm

What it counts
Total, all-cause mortality
Time frame
Adverse events (AE) were collected throughout the 24 week study period.

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial

Title
Addressing Post Cessation Weight Gain
NCT number
NCT02412631
Phases
PHASE2, PHASE3
Conditions
Obesity, Smoking Cessation
Interventions
lorcaserin, Varenicline, Placebo
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Results first posted
2021-06-10

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Source

Release
trial-comparisons-2026-03-23-0.1.0
Release manifest SHA-256
f66225897fbf258b57ea10bdacfd0347d3cdfda93f7f5685234b7e06ea36fa57
AACT copy
2026-03-23
Tables read
outcome_counts.parquet, outcome_measurements.parquet, outcomes.parquet, reported_event_totals.parquet, reported_events.parquet, result_groups.parquet, studies.parquet, ctgov_trial.parquet

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTFreely available. Acknowledgement requested
  • ClinicalTrials.govNo license stated
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  • ClinicalTrials.gov's posted results, through CTTI's AACTClinicalTrials.gov data via Aggregate Analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov (AACT), CTTI. CTTI makes its materials freely available and requests acknowledgement. https://aact.ctti-clinicaltrials.org/documentation/299
  • ClinicalTrials.govnone stated

ClinicalTrials.gov's data carry an international copyright outside the United States: https://clinicaltrials.gov/about-site/terms-conditions. The measures are ConductScience's calculation from them.

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