Clinical trials: Shisha
Smoking, Hookah, Waterpipe Smoking
The Impact of Waterpipe Tobacco Flavors on Waterpipe Smoking Intentions, Perceptions, Patterns, and Toxicant Exposure
The overall aim of the current study is to determine if flavorings contribute to the initiation and maintenance of waterpipe (WP) smoking and also influence how a WP is smoked, which has implications for both risk of dependence…
- Trial name
- NCT03232827
- Testing
- Flavored-Sweetened Waterpipe Tobacco, Unflavored-sweetened waterpipe tobacco, Unflavored-very low sweetened waterpipe tobacco
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation
The Cardiovascular Effects of Electronic Hookah Vaping
Hookah (water-pipe) tobacco smoking has quickly grown to become a major global tobacco epidemic among youth; with electronic (e-) hookahs more recently increasing in popularity especially among young female adults, who endorse…
- Conditions
- Endothelial Dysfunction, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress
- Trial name
- NCT03690427
- Testing
- Traditional hookah smoking, Electronic hookah vaping
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Narghile
Oxidative DNA Damage Enhancement by Vitamin C Among Narghile Smokers and Non-smokers
This study aims to evaluate oxidative DNA damage among hookah smokers compared to non-smokers by measuring biomarkers of oxidative stress in blood samples.
- Trial name
- DNA Damage (NCT07141823)
- Testing
- Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) regularly has been taken
- Where
- Iraq
- Volunteers
- 96 people
- Sponsor
- Nora Tariq Mohammed
Waterpipe Smoking
Acute Effects of Waterpipe Smoking on Cognitive Measures and Cardiorespiratory Parameters
Title: Acute effects of waterpipe smoking (WPS) on cognitive measures and cardiorespiratory parameters Objectives: To evaluate the acute effect of one cession of water pipe smoking on: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT03625440
- Testing
- The Digit span test and PASAT with waterpipe smoking, The Digit span test and PASAT without waterpipe smoking
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Waterpipe Smoking, Oxidative Stress
Carbon Monoxide and Oxidative Stress in Waterpipe Smokers
Waterpipe is a tool for smoking tobacco, which is thought to be less harmful than cigarette. Unfortunately, there aren't adequate studies about its harms to health that are threatening the young generation all over the world…
- Trial name
- NCT02937415
- Testing
- Breath carbon monoxide, Pulmonary function tests., Oxidative stress and antioxidant status.
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ataturk Training and Research Hospital
Waterpipe Smoking
Understanding the Effect of Flavor on Hookah Smoking Experience
This project addresses the need for evidence about the effect of flavoring manipulation on waterpipe smokers' satisfaction, dependence, harm perception, and toxicants exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT03589599
- Testing
- Flavored tobacco, Non-flavored tobacco
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Florida International University
Reactions to Warnings, Hookah Smoking
Reactions to Warnings on Hookah Ads
The purpose of this study is to help us better understand what kinds of waterpipe tobacco advertisements appeal to young adults as well as to help evaluate and create health warnings that can be placed on waterpipe tobacco…
- Trial name
- NCT03723616
- Testing
- Ads Only, Ads with text-only health warning labels (HWLs), Ads with text + graphic health warning labels (HWLs)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,588 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking
A Study of Hookah Café Customers in the Atlanta Area
The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of health warnings on waterpipe smoking behavior in a real-world setting.
- Trial name
- NCT05916170
- Testing
- Health Warnings, No Warnings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 977 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Hookah Smoking
Effects of Hookah Smoking on Blood Flow to the Heart, Muscle and Skin
This is a pilot study on acute effects of Hookah smoking on the sympathetic neural control of the human cardiovascular system. Hookah smoking is known to transiently increase blood pressure and heart rate while decreasing heart…
- Trial name
- NCT02147665
- Testing
- Hookah smoking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Smoking Cessation
Waterpipe Cessation Intervention Study
The study is a two-group parallel arm randomized clinical trial, to be conducted at the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies (SCTS) in Aleppo, Syria.
- Trial name
- NCT01135173
- Testing
- Waterpipe smoking cessation
- Where
- Syria
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- University of Memphis
Hookah Tobacco Smoking
Optimizing Hookah Tobacco Public Education Messages to Reduce Young Adult Use
This is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial to test the effects of hookah tobacco public education messages among young adults who are susceptible non-users of hookah tobacco and those who are current hookah tobacco users.
- Trial name
- NCT04252014
- Testing
- Hookah tobacco messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 830 people
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Hookah Smoking
Optimizing Risk Messages for Waterpipe Tobacco Cessation in Young Adults
The objective of this study is to examine whether messages conveying the harms and addictiveness of waterpipe (i.e., hookah) tobacco delivered by mobile phone multimedia messaging (MMS) are effective for promoting hookah tobacco…
- Trial name
- NCT03595280
- Testing
- Hookah tobacco risk messages
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 349 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Georgetown University
Nicotine Dependence
Varenicline (Chantix) Treatment for Waterpipe Smoking Cessation
The lack of proven waterpipe smoking cessation interventions makes it important to explore interventions proven effective for cigarette smoking cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT02575183
- Testing
- Varinecline (Chantix), Behavioral Therapy
- Where
- 2 sites in Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 152 people
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking
Evaluation of a Brief Tobacco Intervention in the US Military
While the military has taken steps to reduce tobacco use over the past two decades, over a quarter of new military recruits report regular tobacco use prior to enlistment.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Tobacco Smoking, Smoking, Cigar, Smoking, Pipe
- Trial name
- NCT03196102
- Testing
- BTI, Cigarette smoking military tailored pamphlet, Standard smoking cessation intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,999 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Smoking, Endothelial Dysfunction
Hookah Smoking, Carbon Monoxide, and Coronary Endothelial Function
Hookah (water pipe) smoking is a new global epidemic. The World Health Organization wants to prohibit all claims that hookah is less harmful than cigarettes and wants hookah products to bear the same warning labels as cigarettes.
- Trial name
- NCT03166787
- Testing
- Charcoal hookah, E-coal hookah, Cigarette
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Tobacco-Related Carcinoma
Hookah Additive Research to Inform Product Standards
This clinical trial evaluates how the content of waterpipe (WP) tobacco affects the appeal, puffing behavior, and toxicity of WP tobacco smoking.
- Trial name
- HARPS (NCT05453773)
- Testing
- Questionnaire Administration, Tobacco Smoking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
COPD
Adverse Health Effects of Mainstream and Secondhand Hookah Smoke in NYC Hookah Bars
The primary purpose of this study is to examine the health effects of mainstream and secondhand hookah (i.e. water pipe) smoke on pulmonary and cardiovascular functions as well as serum levels of inflammatory biomarkers.
- Trial name
- NCT02638194
- Testing
- Active smoking of Tobacco Hookah for 2 hours, Exposure to tobacco hookah second hand smoke, Visit a win bar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Smoking, Endothelial Dysfunction
Electronic Hookah and Endothelial Cell Function
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) are a rapidly growing global epidemic among adolescents and young adults. Unlike other ENDS such as e-cigarettes, e-hookahs are used through traditional water-pipes, allowing the…
- Trial name
- NCT04133376
- Testing
- Electronic hookah vaping with nicotine, Electronic hookah vaping without nicotine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Shisha
Developing and Pilot Testing an Intervention to Reduce Household Shisha Smoke Exposure Within Somali Homes
Previous qualitative research among Somali American adults in Minnesota have identified high levels of hookah or shisha (hereafter shisha) use in Somali households.
- Trial name
- NCT06316947
- Testing
- CHW-delivered intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Intervention, Control
Evaluating the Efficacy of a Text Messaging-based Shisha Smoking Cessation Intervention
The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a culture specific text-messaging based shisha smoking cessation intervention for young adults in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT07070154
- Testing
- text-messaging based intervention
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong