Predictors and Consequences of Combustible Cigarette Smokers' Switch to Standardized Research E-Cigarettes

NCT03277495 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 63

Last updated 2026-02-17

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Summary

The primary goal of this study is to examine whether cigarette smokers can reduce their use of conventional, combustible cigarettes by switching to a Standardized Research E-Cigarette (SREC); whether participants can maintain these reductions and use of SRECs over a 12-week period; and whether there are changes in subjective and objective measures of health, appeal and acceptability of the products used during this time frame.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Brief behavioral counseling

Staff will engage in behavioral counseling to identify strategies for reducing combustible cigarette use. All participants in the trial receive this intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    collaborator NIH
  • University of Chicago

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Illinois at Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robin Mermelstein, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-12
Primary Completion
2024-08-14
Completion
2024-08-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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