Clinical trials: Tobacco, open to volunteers
Tobacco-Related Carcinoma
Manipulating E-Cigarette Nicotine to Promote Public Health
This clinical trial explores the manipulation of e-cigarette (EC) nicotine to promote public health. Researchers are trying to understand and gather information about how the strength, form, and structure of nicotine in products…
- Trial name
- NCT06448351
- Testing
- Biospecimen Collection, Carbon Monoxide Measurement, Vaping session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tobacco Use
Impact of Semaglutide on Tobacco Use and Related Health Behaviors
This pilot randomized trial will assess the impact of 12 weeks of semaglutide administration (vs placebo) on changes in: (i) tobacco use and related factors (nicotine craving, withdrawal, motivation to quit, etc.) and (ii)…
- Trial name
- ONSET (NCT06986993)
- Testing
- Semaglutide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Tobacco-Related Carcinoma
THRIVE Study: Understanding How Oral Nicotine Pouches Affect Public Health
Although nicotine pouches have been gaining popularity over the last few years, little known about how nicotine pouch users actually use these products. This study will be comprised of adults who use nicotine pouches.
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT07503925)
- Testing
- Biospecimen Collection, Nicotine Oral Pouch, Survey Administration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
Effect of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Receptor Agonist Stimulation on Smoking Consumption in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Diabetes has become an increasingly serious global health issue. In 2024, approximately 537 million adults were living with diabetes, and this number is projected to rise to 783 million by 2045, representing a 46% increase.
- Trial name
- NCT06924697
- Testing
- Application of GLP-1RAs drugs, DPP-4i group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 46 people
- Sponsor
- Shanghai East Hospital
Nicotine Addiction
Developing Evidence to Inform Regulatory Policy on Nicotine Content in E-Liquids
The goal of this observational study is to learn if electronic cigarette users who currently choose to use lower nicotine eliquids have reduced harm compared those who choose higher nicotine eliquids.
- Trial name
- NCT06619964
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Rochester Institute of Technology
Tobacco Use Disorder
Abstinence Reinforcement Therapy for Veterans Who Smoke Tobacco and Are Experiencing Homelessness
Seventy to eighty percent of Veterans experiencing homelessness (VEH) smoke, which is four times the rate of the U.S. population and 2.5 times higher than among impoverished Americans.
- Trial name
- New HART (NCT07714200)
- Testing
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Smoking Cessation, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Bupropion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Smoking Cessation, Arterial Stiffness
The Effect of Cytisine Treatment for Smoking Cessation on Cardiovascular Function in Adult Smokers
Introduction: Pharmacological interventions can enhance smoking cessation success and long-term abstinence. Cytisine, a plant derived alkaloid, is a selective partial agonist at alpha-4 beta-2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Arterial Stiffness, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- Cytisin-angio (NCT06885970)
- Testing
- Cytisinicline administration
- Where
- Greece
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Athens
Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Smoking Cessation
Impact of Lung Cancer Screening With Chest Scans Combined With Coaching on Smoking Cessation in Heavy Smokers
Lung cancer is common and serious, but when detected early, the chances of recovery are significantly better. Tobacco use is the leading cause.
- Conditions
- Lung Cancer (Diagnosis), Smoking Cessation, Lung Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT07860359
- Testing
- Image-Based Counseling, Smoking Cessation Coaching, Low-Dose Chest Computed Tomography (LDCT)
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 116 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hôpital Fribourgeois
Obese Patients, Tobacco Use
Nonendoscopic Screening for Barrett's Esophagus in Veterans Without Chronic Reflux
The veteran population is at increased risk for EAC and its precursor lesion, Barrett's esophagus (BE), due to increased prevalence of disease risk factors compared to the general population.
- Conditions
- Obese Patients, Tobacco Use, Veterans, Family History of Esophageal Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT06746623
- Testing
- Enrolled participants will complete Esocheck/Esoguard and diagnostic upper endoscopy.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Louis Stokes VA Medical Center
Tobacco Use Disorder, Mental Disorders
Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Education
Smoking is an important psychosocial problem that concerns society. It is reported that 1.3 billion people use tobacco products in the world and approximately 6 million people lose their lives due to smoking every year.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Disorder, Mental Disorders, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- NCT06930547
- Testing
- Experimental
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Erzurum Technical University
Tobacco Use, Cigarette Use
Modeling Tobacco Regulatory Impacts in Appalachia Using the Experimental Tobacco Marketplace
The goal of this project is to look at the effect of proposed tobacco product regulations in Appalachian Kentucky. Appalachian Kentucky is a diverse and underserved rural area that would benefit from more tobacco regulation…
- Trial name
- NCT06234722
- Testing
- Very Low Nicotine Cigarette, Reduced nicotine regulatory environment, Restriction on characterizing flavors in combustible nicotine products
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 473 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mikhail N Koffarnus
Tobacco Use, Smoking Cessation
Overcoming Nicotine Dependence to Enable Quitting
Tobacco use disorder is a chronic, relapsing health condition that necessitates a chronic care approach. However, traditional smoking cessation treatment programs allocate nearly all their resources only to those smokers who are…
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use, Smoking Cessation, Smoking Behaviors, Nicotine Dependence
- Trial name
- ON-DEQ (NCT05513872)
- Testing
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) Sampling, Practice Quitting (PQ) Counseling, Motivational Interviewing (MI) Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 780 people
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Tobacco Addiction
Interventional Study on Smoking Reduction in Psychiatry
The smoking rate among people with mental disorders is higher than in the general population. Greater exposure to the harmful effects of tobacco partly explains the major inequality in life expectancy observed among people with…
- Trial name
- TABAPSY (NCT06926153)
- Testing
- TABAPSY, Usual Care
- Where
- 22 sites in France, Guadeloupe and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 6,500 people
- Sponsor
- GCS-CCOMS
Smoking (Tobacco) Addiction
Addiction Potential of Very Low Nicotine Filtered Little Cigars
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn how reducing the nicotine content in filtered little cigars can affect the the use of these cigars and lung health in current adult filtered little cigar users.
- Trial name
- LOWFLC (NCT06630728)
- Testing
- Reduced Nicotine Content Cigars, Normal nicotine content cigar, Usual brand cigar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Healthy
Measuring Environmental Tobacco and Cannabis: Pollutants and Exposures
This is an unblinded pilot study of an environmental exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke in one group of healthy nonsmokers.
- Trial name
- CAN03 (NCT06030674)
- Testing
- Secondhand cannabis emissions/smoke exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Tobacco Use Disorder, Nicotine Dependence
Young Adult Tobacco/Nicotine and Cannabis Co-use
The goal of this project is to better understand the relationship between tobacco/nicotine and cannabis using behavioral economics during a tobacco/nicotine quit attempt.
- Trial name
- YouthCAT (NCT06239350)
- Testing
- Counseling, Contingency management, Text-based support
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
Implementation Science, Engagement, Patient
Parents Helping Parents for Youth Vaping Cessation
The goal of this randomized controlled study is to test if this new intervention works to help adolescents quit vaping. A key feature of the program is the use of peer support for parents, delivered by trained parent coaches.
- Conditions
- Implementation Science, Engagement, Patient, E Cigarette Use, Peer Support
- Trial name
- PhP-VX (NCT07207850)
- Testing
- Parents Helping Parents program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Vaping, Vaping Teens
Behavioral Intervention for Youth to Promote Vaping Cessation
This study will test the hypothesis that the QuitVaping (QV) intervention and additional texting support will improve nicotine abstinence rates in adolescents as compared to Enhanced Usual Care (EUC: education about nicotine…
- Conditions
- Vaping, Vaping Teens, Nicotine Dependence
- Trial name
- VIA (NCT06765291)
- Testing
- QuitVaping, This is Quitting (TIQ)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Hiv, Tobacco Use
Trial of a Harm Reduction Strategy for People With HIV Who Smoke Cigarettes
Cigarette smoking is now the leading killer of people with HIV (PWH) in the US, and most cessation strategies tried to date have failed to increase long-term quit rates.
- Trial name
- NCT05642715
- Testing
- EX+, Varenicline, HR
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Montefiore Medical Center
Smoking Cessation
A Study Of Vagal Nerve Stimulation In Conjunction With NRT For Smoking Cessation
The purpose of this study is to provide preliminary evidence for the efficacy of 12 weeks of vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for increasing smoking abstinence rates.
- Trial name
- NCT07487818
- Testing
- Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulator plus nicotine replacement patches, nicotine replacement patches
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic