Clinical trials: Harm Reduction
Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes, Uncomplicated
Impact of Nicotine Reduction on Adolescent Cigarette Use, Alternative Tobacco Use, and Harm From Tobacco
Adolescents are an important vulnerable population to consider as the FDA moves toward a nicotine reduction policy. Such a policy, which would mandate a reduction of nicotine in all commercially available cigarettes, has the…
- Trial name
- SIREN (NCT03860077)
- Testing
- Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes, Normal Nicotine Content Cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Tobacco Use Disorder, Smoking
Electronic Cigarettes (E-cigarettes) as a Harm Reduction Strategy
The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of using e-cigarettes as a method for harm reduction and the effects of providing e-cigarettes (or placebo e-cigarettes) on smoking outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT02628964
- Testing
- e-cigarettes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Smoking Cessation, Harm Reduction
Assisting Smokers to Switch to a JUUL E-Cigarette by Devaluing Combustible Cigarettes
This study will evaluate a reward devaluation strategy in which smokers use the JUUL e-cigarette immediately before any combustible cigarettes (CCs) are smoked.
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Harm Reduction, E-Cig Use, Cigarette Smoking
- Trial name
- RECON (NCT04188197)
- Testing
- JUUL
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rose Research Center, LLC
Opiate Antagonist Overdose, Opioid-Related Disorders
Naloxone Auto-injector as a Universal Precaution for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
The purpose of this pilot-study is to to distribute naloxone auto-injector in a "Universal Precaution" manner to patients with opioid substance use disorder.
- Trial name
- NCT02669901
- Testing
- Naloxone Auto-Injector
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 395 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Opioid Use, Opioid-use Disorder
Providing Suboxone and PrEP Using Telemedicine
The purpose of this study is to provide medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) with buprenorphine and naloxone, or bup/nx, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention for persons who inject opioids accessing syringe…
- Conditions
- Opioid Use, Opioid-use Disorder, Risk Reduction, Hiv
- Trial name
- NCT04521920
- Testing
- Suboxone, PrEP
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Drink Too Much, Drinking, Binge
Group-based Intervention for Club Patrons
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a group-based strategy for encouraging groups of young adults who are engaged in party behaviors at nightclubs to intervene with each other to reduce harms associated with overuse…
- Conditions
- Drink Too Much, Drinking, Binge, Drunk, Drug Use
- Trial name
- NCT03652688
- Testing
- Nightlife Safety Plans (NSP), Fire Safety
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 959 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Hepatitis C, Drug Users
The Impact on Linkage-to-care of an Alternative Hepatitis C Screening Method in PWID
Screening, diagnosis and treatment of HCV in PWID, should be part of a harm reduction strategy. Treatment of HCV infected PWID should be delivered in a multidisciplinary care setting with services to reduce the risk of…
- Conditions
- Hepatitis C, Drug Users, Harm Reduction, HIV
- Trial name
- NCT02971488
- Testing
- Screening for HCV in PWID and Linkage-To-Care
- Volunteers
- 529 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor
Drug Use Disorders, Hepatitis C
Community-Based, Client-Centered Prevention Homes to Address the Rural Opioid Epidemic- Aim 3
The goal of this study was to effectively use a client-centered community-based intervention to engage people who inject drugs (PWIDs) in healthcare that helps reduce risky behaviors and lower infectious disease risks.
- Conditions
- Drug Use Disorders, Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction, Opioid-use Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT04268173
- Testing
- Community-Based, Client-Centered Prevention Home
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Opioid Overdose
Preventing Opioid Overdose Mortality in the United States
This study aims to conduct a randomized controlled trial of 105 syringe services programs (SSPs) throughout the United States to understand the effectiveness of a multifaceted, facilitation-based strategy at advancing naloxone…
- Trial name
- NCT03924505
- Testing
- Organize and Mobilize for Implementation Effectiveness, Dissemination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction
Game-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of a game-based intervention to reduce alcohol-related harms among sexual and gender minority youth.
- Conditions
- Alcohol Problem, Harm Reduction, Alcohol-Related Harm
- Trial name
- NCT06215664
- Testing
- Singularities Game, Food4Thought
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Harm Reduction
Harm Reduction Strategies for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Engaging in Chemsex
This study is examining the usability and effectiveness of an innovative mobile app that integrates harm reduction strategies into the existing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) intake and adherence app, with an overarching goal to…
- Trial name
- NCT06187415
- Testing
- Mobile app to reduce harm of chemsex
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Cheng Kung University
Smoking Cessation, Harm Reduction
Combination of E-cigarettes and Varenicline for Tobacco Harm Reduction
This open-label study will explore the impact of varenicline on the process of switching from combustible cigarettes (CC) to an e-cigarette.
- Trial name
- EVAR (NCT04210180)
- Testing
- Varenicline, e-cigarette
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rose Research Center, LLC
Tobacco Use Disorder
Efficacy of Oral Tobacco Products Compared to a Medicinal Nicotine
For the primary goals, we hypothesize that 1) the oral tobacco product will be more efficacious than the medicinal nicotine product in substituting for smoking cigarettes; 2) among non-abstainers, the oral tobacco product will…
- Trial name
- NCT00710034
- Testing
- Oral tobacco, Nicotine Gum
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 391 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Tobacco Use Disorder
Evaluation of Oral Tobacco as a Harm Reduction Method for Smokers
Recently, tobacco companies have developed new oral tobacco products that are purportedly less harmful than conventional tobacco products.
- Trial name
- NCT00711100
- Testing
- Camel Snus, Marlboro Snus, Stonewall
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cigarette Smoking
E-Cigarettes and Financial Incentives to Promote Tobacco Harm Reduction Among Adults Accessing Shelter Services
This randomized controlled trial evaluated the feasibility and potential efficacy of 1) e-cigarette switching (EC) or 2) e-cigarette switching + financial incentives for combustible cigarette cessation (EC+FI)
- Trial name
- EXCHANGE (NCT03743532)
- Testing
- E-cigarette Switching, Financial Incentives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Smoking, Cigarette
Switching to a Vaping Device: Evaluating Risk Reduction Among Quitline Treatment Failures
The overall aim of the study is to evaluate the provision of e-cigarette (EC) versus NRT on smoking behavior, product use patterns and continued use, and iCO, a biomarker of toxicant exposure, among a sample of recent QL…
- Trial name
- NCT03502200
- Testing
- JUUL, Treatment As Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
Smoking, Cigarette
Heated Tobacco Products vs Electronic Cigarettes
This is a 12-weeks, open label, non-inferiority trial comparing HTPs vs ECs in terms of efficacy, adoption rate and acceptability, tolerability, and tobacco harm reduction in 220 healthy smokers, not motivated to quit, randomized…
- Trial name
- NCT03569748
- Testing
- IQOS, E-CIG
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Catania