Clinical trials: Smoking Behavior
Smoking Reduction, Smoking Cessation
Development and Assessment of a Teacher-led Intervention in Preventing Tobacco Use Among the Youth in Ghana
The main purpose of this experimental study is to compare the existing health education program for School Health and Education Program (SHEP) in the Junior High Schools with a new health education model (Smart-Kids') for the…
- Conditions
- Smoking Reduction, Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco, Smoking Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT04891939
- Testing
- Health education lessons (Smart-Kid's program), School Health and Education Program (SHEP)
- Volunteers
- 2,314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ghana Health Services
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Among Resident Physician and Their Role in Smoking Cessation Advice
smoking is a key modifiable risk factor that greatly increases the likelihood of 2 dying young from cancer, heart disease, and lung disorders The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 3 tobacco products are used by…
- Trial name
- NCT07075263
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 225 people
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University Hospital
Smoking Cessation
BE Smokefree: Behavioral Economics Incentives to Engage Adolescents in Smoking Cessation
More than 90% of adult smokers initiate tobacco use before age 18, making prevention and treatment of adolescent smoking a critical health priority.
- Trial name
- NCT03670264
- Testing
- Quitline Incentive, Tobacco Cessation Incentive, Way to Health (WTH) Platform
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pregnancy, Smoking Cessation
SmokefreeMOM: Reaching Pregnant Smokers With Health Information Via Text Messaging
Despite the great health benefits associated with smoking cessation in pregnancy to both mother and baby, few studies to date have examined the applications of text messaging or other communication technologies for smoking…
- Trial name
- SmokefreeMOM (NCT02412956)
- Testing
- SmokefreeMOM Text
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 99 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Washington University
Smoking Cessation
School-EduSmoke: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for Promoting Smoking Cessation Among Parents of Schoolchildren
This study is a pragmatic two-group, multi-center, randomized controlled superiority trial, including an internal pilot, economic evaluation and process evaluation, aiming to assess the impact of a school-based comprehensive…
- Trial name
- NCT06853483
- Testing
- Family-School based smoking cessation intervention package
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Vaping
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Findings and Impact on Vaping
Vaping has emerged as a prominent public health crisis in recent years. In 2023, the National Youth Tobacco Survey found that more than 2.1 million adolescents endorse vaping, with 25% of those endorsing daily use.
- Trial name
- NCT06335329
- Testing
- Discussion of point-of-care ultrasound lung findings
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 90 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of South Carolina
E Cigarette Use
A Behavioral Circuit Breathing Training Intervention on Smoking Cessation and Respiratory Function Among Youth Who Use E-cigarettes
This study aims to evaluate the effects of a six-week behavioral circuit breathing training intervention on smoking cessation and respiratory function compared with diaphragmatic breathing training and usual daily activities
- Trial name
- NCT07882407
- Testing
- Circuit Breathing Intervention, Diaphragmatic Breathing
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Smoking, Sexual Behavior
Linking Lives: Building Quality Parent Components for School-Based Health Programs in Middle Schools
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a parent-based intervention that can be implemented in conjunction with existing school-based programs designed to prevent or reduce sexual risk behavior…
- Trial name
- NCT00136279
- Testing
- Linking Lives parent-based intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,510 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Smoking Cessation, Pregnancy Related
SKIP-IT Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and likelihood of success of a narrative and image-based intervention, administered via text messages, for smoking cessation in pregnant women, prior to undertaking a large…
- Trial name
- SKIP-IT (NCT03272113)
- Testing
- SKIP-IT
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 28 people
- Sponsor
- University of Stirling
Health Behavior, Smoking Cessation
Motivational Interviewing for Nurses' Smoking Cessation
This study's objective was to test the efficacy, acceptability and feasibility of a motivational interviewing (MI) based smoking cessation intervention with nurses.
- Conditions
- Health Behavior, Smoking Cessation, Health Personnel Attitude
- Trial name
- NCT03219060
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation in nurses, Brief advice
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Smoking Cessation, Nursing Education
Virtual Reality Video-based Learning
This teaching development aims to enhance the clinical reasoning and empathy of nursing students in nursing students in smoking cessation training.
- Trial name
- NCT05440877
- Testing
- VR materials, Tutorial guide
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Coronary Arteriosclerosis
Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease
This study will measure and compare the levels of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the blood of people with and without risk factors for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) to see if there is a relationship between…
- Trial name
- NCT00013975
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Tobacco Smoking, Vaping
Testing a School-Based E-cigarette, Tobacco, and Betel (Areca) Nut Use Prevention Curriculum for Guam Youths
The people of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) face higher cancer incidence, especially lung/bronchia and head-and-neck cancer, and poorer cancer outcomes, compared with the U.S. nationally.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Smoking, Vaping, Tobacco Chewing
- Trial name
- NCT05037656
- Testing
- School-based curriculum
- Where
- Guam
- Volunteers
- 538 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guam
Smoking, Depression
Smoking Cessation for Depressed Smokers
Objectives: Primary Aim: To conduct a preliminary randomized trial in smokers with current recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD), current MDD with a single episode of 2 years or more, and current dysthymia comparing combined…
- Trial name
- NCT00494728
- Testing
- Smoking Cessation Treatment, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, CBASP
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Vaping, Adolescent Behavior
Social Media Anti-Vaping Messages to Reduce ENDS Use Among Sexual and Gender Minority Teens
The investigators long-term goal is to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related health disparities among SGM populations. The objective of Project SMART (Social Media Anti-Vaping Messages to Reduce ENDS Use Among Sexual and Gender…
- Conditions
- Vaping, Adolescent Behavior, Communication Research
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT06308081)
- Testing
- Tailored
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,155 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Tobacco Smoking Behavior
MassCONECT (Massachusetts Community Networks to Eliminate Cancer Disparities Through Education) 4 Kids: Promoting Smoke-free Homes
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention with families with young children ages 0-5 where smoking is happening in the home to adopt a smoke-free home plan and reduce child's second-hand…
- Trial name
- NCT01537874
- Testing
- Motivational Interview, Usual best practices
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 138 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation and Relapse Prevention in Women Postpartum
Background: Pregnancy was found to be a significant triggering factor for smoking cessation and the reduction of nicotine consumption, but 50 - 70 % of mothers who stopped smoking during pregnancy resume tobacco smoking after…
- Trial name
- EARLINT-EP3 (NCT00475046)
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing
- Volunteers
- 2,790 people
- Sponsor
- University Medicine Greifswald
Secondhand Smoke, Thirdhand Smoke
A Cluster-RCT of SHS Among Primary School Students
This is a school- and family-based prospective trial among Primary/Grade 2-4 (P2-4) students in randomly selected 12 schools in Hong Kong.
- Conditions
- Secondhand Smoke, Thirdhand Smoke, Smoking
- Trial name
- SHS-cRCT (NCT03380234)
- Testing
- Worksheets, Whatsapp messages, Online quizzes
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 3,432 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Tobacco Use, Smoking
Asian Youth and Tobacco Control Survey
The overall goal of this study is to identify and understand the environmental characteristics associated with tobacco use and tobacco initiation among Asian American youth from primarily two communities: Chinese and Vietnamese.
- Trial name
- NCT00642317
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 617 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Tobacco Smoking
Cognitive and Emotional Skills to Aid Smoking Prevention
The purpose of the current proposal is to investigate the extent to which interventions designed to improve cognitive (working memory) and emotional (distress tolerance) regulatory processes enhance the effectiveness of standard…
- Trial name
- DOAN (NCT03058991)
- Testing
- Distress Tolerance Intervention, Working Memory Intervention, Control Informational Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University Charles River Campus