Rural Smoking Cessation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorMasonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

About this trial

Understanding ways to help people who live in rural areas quit smoking is a public health priority. quitting smoking among rural people who smoke is a critical public health concern. People in rural areas smoke at higher rates than those in urban areas, experience high rates of smoking caused cancers and deaths. We are recruiting rural people from around the country to better understand how different quit smoking methods can improve a person's chances of successfully quitting smoking.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

≥ 21 years

smoke ≥ 5 cigarettes per day

daily access to their own iPhone/Android smartphone or tablet

Disqualifiers

past 30-day NRT use or contraindications listed on the NRT labels

currently pregnant/breastfeeding

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch

    Drug

    Two week supply provided to participants on study.

  • Nicorette Nicotine Lozenges

    Drug

    Two week supply provided to participants on study.

Treatment groups

544 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Intervention ConditionExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Control ConditionNo intervention 0 interventions
Group C: RHE - Intervention ConditionNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Number of participants abstinent from all combustible tobacco products

Biochemically-confirmed 7-day abstinence from all combustible tobacco products at 3 months.

Time frame
3 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Cigarettes per day (CPD)

Number of cigarettes smoked per day.

Time frame
1 and 3 months

Other outcomes

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