{
  "abstract": "Importance Quitting smoking is essential for stabilising and improving respiratory function in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of cytisinicline versus placebo for cessation among smokers with and without COPD.Methods This post hoc analysis used combined data from the phase 3 ORCA-2 (Ongoing Research of Cytisinicline for Addiction) and ORCA-3 double-blind, placebo-controlled trials. Participants received 6 or 12 weeks of cytisinicline or placebo. Of 1602 participants, 145 (9.3%) self-reported COPD.Interventions Participants received 3 mg of cytisinicline three times daily (6 weeks: n=532; 12 weeks: n=534) or placebo (12 weeks: n=536), plus behavioural support.Outcome Biochemically verified continuous smoking abstinence during the last 4 treatment weeks.Results COPD participants were older, smoked longer and had greater nicotine dependence. Cytisinicline was associated with significantly higher smoking abstinence compared with placebo in both COPD and non-COPD subgroups. There was no statistical evidence of heterogeneity in treatment effect between arms. In the 6-week arm, quit estimates were 17.3% versus 2.1% (OR 9.7, p=0.03) for COPD and 19.3% versus 5.5% (OR 4.1, p<0.0001) for non-COPD. In the 12-week arm, quit estimates were 19.1% versus 4.3% (OR 5.3, p=0.04) for COPD and 32.6% versus 8.6% (OR 5.2, p<0.0001) for non-COPD. Cytisinicline was well tolerated with no serious treatment-related events.Conclusion Cytisinicline significantly increased quitting for smokers with and without COPD and was well tolerated. The findings support cytisinicline as a viable treatment for smokers with COPD who want to quit.Trial registration number ORCA-2 ( NCT04576949) and ORCA-3 (NCT05206370).",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Judith Prochaska"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Achieve Life Sciences Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Mark Rubinstein"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Achieve Life Sciences Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Renee Perdok"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Trial Architecture Consulting, Port Saint Lucie, Florida, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Brent Blumenstein"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Achieve Life Sciences Inc, Seattle, Washington, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Cindy Jacobs"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Cytisinicline for smoking cessation in individuals with self-reported COPD: a post hoc analysis of the ORCA-2 and ORCA-3 trials",
  "uid": "628ec712-306b-539f-82d3-1caa52ca4e7b"
}