Clinical Research Evaluating Smoking Cessation With E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Therapy

Description

This project will investigate the effects of alternative nicotine products on smoking, weight gain, and related outcomes.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation, Obesity and Obesity-related Medical Conditions

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Study overview

This project will investigate the effects of alternative nicotine products on smoking, weight gain, and related outcomes.

Clinical Research Evaluating Smoking Cessation With E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Therapy

Clinical Research Evaluating Smoking Cessation With E-Cigarettes and Nicotine Therapy

Condition
Smoking Cessation
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Providence

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02912

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2 (i.e., obese)
  • * smoked ≥ 5 cigarettes/day during the past year
  • * 21 or older (due to minimum legal age EC restrictions)
  • * exhaled breath carbon monoxide (CO) level \> 6 ppm at Baseline (BL) (to confirm self-reported smoking)
  • * willing to use EC or NRT for 8 weeks
  • * access to a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone/tablet (to permit remote measurement of CO and other outcome variables)
  • * received smoking cessation treatment of any kind in the past 30 days (actively quitting smoking),
  • * currently using EC or NRT more than 2 days/week (this may affect responses to study-supplied products)
  • * hospitalized for mental illness in past 30 days
  • * heart-related event (e.g., heart attack, severe angina) in past 30 days
  • * residing with another person currently enrolled in the study
  • * pregnant, nursing, or planning to become pregnant in the next 6 months
  • * medical contraindication for study or product use (e.g., allergy to adhesives)
  • * taken prescription weight loss medication in the last 30 days

Ages Eligible for Study

21 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brown University,

Study Record Dates

2027-08-31