Clinical trials: Vaping
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
Vaping, Adolescent
Nicotine and Cannabis Vape Labeling Experiment - Spring 2025
This study assesses how the ways in which nicotine and cannabis vaping devices are labeled impact use susceptibility, anticipated effects, and health harm.
- Conditions
- Vaping, Adolescent, Electronic Cigarette Use, Nicotine
- Trial name
- EPIC/ADVANCE (NCT06919276)
- Testing
- Vaping Device Labeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,048 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
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
Adolescent Behavior, Tobacco Use
Pittsburgh and Rural Area High School Tobacco Prevention
This research project will explore the feasibility and acceptability of a web-based media literacy tobacco prevention program. The project will be conducted with 9th graders in two schools in the Pittsburgh area.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior, Tobacco Use, E-Cig Use
- Trial name
- NCT05081843
- Testing
- AD IT UP media literacy intervention, Usual health education curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Vaping Teens, Healthy Volunteers
Hippocampal Network Changes Following Mindfulness Training in Tobacco Vaping Adolescents in an Open-label, Pilot Study
The purpose of this translational bench-to-bedside study is to examine the neurobiological effects of an evidence-based technology-delivered mindfulness training (MT) program on vaping-related rsFC alterations in hippocampal…
- Trial name
- NCT06503159
- Testing
- Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Vaping
Impact of Vaping Prevention Advertisements
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether exposure to vaping prevention advertisements (ads) reduce susceptibility to vaping among adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT04836455
- Testing
- The FDA's The REal Cost vaping prevention ads - Health harms theme, The FDA's The Real Cost vaping prevention ads - Addiction theme, Neutral vaping ads
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,565 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
E Cigarette Use
Novel Pulmonary Imaging of Lung Structure and Function in E-cigarette Smokers
This is a longitudinal study of the long-term health impact of e-cigarette smoking on the lungs. Participants will be followed over a period of 5 years, and impacts of e-cigarette smoking on the lungs will be measured with…
- Trial name
- NCT04616313
- Testing
- Hyperpolarized Xenon-129 MRI of the lungs, Computed Tomography (CT), Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Western University, Canada
Tobacco-Related Carcinoma
A Novel Smartphone Application for Helping Teens Stop Vaping, QuitQuest Vaping R01
This clinical trial compares a novel smartphone application (app) called QuitQuest to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) SmokefreeTeenQuitVaping (SFTQV) app in helping teens stop vaping.
- Trial name
- NCT07739706
- Testing
- Smartphone Application-based Intervention, Survey Administration, Interview
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,072 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
AI-Enhanced App-based Intervention for Adolescent E-cigarette Cessation
The goal of this quasi-experimental study is to test if a smartphone app can help adolescents aged 14-20 quit e-cigarettes. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can the app help adolescents manage cravings and increase their…
- Trial name
- NCT06965296
- Testing
- AI-enhanced smartphone app, AI-enhanced smartphone app, but with delayed access
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Vaping
Social Media Influences on Perceptions of Alternative Nicotine and Nicotine-like Vaping Products Among Youth and Young Adults (AYA)
The purpose of this study is to present images featuring various alternative nicotine and nicotine-like vaping products to assess adolescents' and young adults' harm and appeal perceptions of, and susceptibility to use these…
- Trial name
- USC TCORS P4 (NCT07849790)
- Testing
- An image resembling a social media post
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,829 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Cannabis, Vaping
A Virtual Reality Game to Prevent E-cigarette and Cannabis Vaping
The goal of this study is to develop and test an adapted version of our virtual reality videogame intervention prototype, Invite Only VR, developed for middle school students, which focuses on e-cigarette and marijuana vaping…
- Conditions
- Cannabis, Vaping, Emotion Regulation
- Trial name
- NCT07413432
- Testing
- Virtual reality videogame intervention for vaping prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Nicotine Vaping
Kick-Nic! Youth Quit Vaping App
High school and middle school students who want to quit vaping will be randomized to receive the Kick-Nic! app or a control NCI website to determine the efficacy of the app for vaping cessation.
- Trial name
- NCT06662305
- Testing
- Kick-Nic! mobile phone application, NCI Quit Vaping website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 306 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Smoking, Cigarette, Electronic Cigarettes
Evaluating New Nicotine Standards for Cigarettes - Project 3
This study is designed to examine how the nicotine content of cigarettes and the nicotine concentration and flavors in e-liquids influence responses to and use of these products in adolescent smokers.
- Trial name
- CENIC2-P3 (NCT03194256)
- Testing
- Spectrum Research Cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Vaping, Social Support
Social Media Vaping Cessation Pilot With Peer Mentors
The purpose of this study is to understand the feasibility and acceptability of integrating peer mentoring into a social media-based intervention to help adolescents and young adults quit e-cigarette use.
- Trial name
- NCT07437196
- Testing
- Quit the Hit (QTH) Program with Peer Mentoring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Vaping
Graphic Messages to Prevent E-Cigarette Use Among Black and Latino Adolescents
The aim of this study is to determine if graphic messages prevent future vaping use among African American and Latino adolescents.
- Trial name
- NCT04899999
- Testing
- Financial reward graphic message, Health reward graphic message, Self-efficacy graphic message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 362 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
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, 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
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
Influencer E-Cigarette and Cannabis Marketing: a Survey-Based Experiment Among Adolescents
Adolescent non-users of e-cigarettes and cannabis (N = 1,462) participated in the in-class survey-based experiment. They were randomly shown 3 pairs of images featuring influencers promoting e-cigarettes alongside cannabis…
- Trial name
- NCT06919263
- Testing
- Influencer marketing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,462 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Tobacco Use Cessation, Tobacco Use
Development of UP2UTeacher for High School Youth
Tobacco use is increasing among youth in the U.S. However evidence for the long-term effectiveness of tobacco prevention and cessation programs for youth is limited.
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Cessation, Tobacco Use, Electronic Cigarette Use
- Trial name
- UP2UTeacher (NCT05396911)
- Testing
- UP2UTeacher
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 520 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Nicotine Vaping, Nicotine Use Disorder
Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Social Media and Digital Therapeutics to Decrease Vaping Behaviors
Use of vaping products (e.g., electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-cigarettes) has been increasing rapidly, particularly among teens and young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05994209
- Testing
- quitSTART Mobile Application, Chatbot Feature in quitSTART Mobile Application
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine