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Acceptability of Less Harmful Alternatives to Cigarettes

An interventional study of telephone-based intervention and nicotine replacement therapy in Bladder Cancer, Cervical Cancer and Esophageal Cancer, sponsored by Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 120 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-02-07.

Sponsored by Roswell Park Cancer Institute · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
67
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 120 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

RATIONALE: A study that evaluates participants' beliefs about smokeless tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapy may be useful in helping smokers stop smoking.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying the acceptability of less harmful alternatives to cigarettes.

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

  • To assess the impact of factual information (a fact sheet) about the relative harms of smokeless (SL)/nicotine replacement (NR) products on participants' beliefs about relative harmfulness.
  • To assess the impact of trying samples of NR and/or SL products on intentions to use such products as alternatives to cigarettes.

Secondary

  • To explore the effects of factual information in regard to smoked tobacco on smokers' intentions to use such products as alternatives to cigarettes.
  • To assess potential barriers to use of both NR and SL products as substitutes for cigarettes.
  • To obtain estimates of possible effect sizes for powering a proposed comprehensive test of the likely outcomes of using these products in preference to cigarettes (and other smoked products).

OUTLINE:

Participants undergo a 10-15 minute web-based survey on a computer in the Tobacco Research Laboratory to assess basic demographic information; beliefs about the relative harmfulness of nicotine replacement (NR) and smokeless (SL) products, including use of relevant questions from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) 4 country survey; past experiences with NR and SL products and perceptions about them; and willingness to try samples of NR/SL products they have not previously used, or, if not willing, reasons for refusal. Participants also receive an information sheet while simultaneously hearing an audio recording of it.

Participants complete questionnaires at 2, 3, and 4 weeks.

Beginning 2 weeks after study intervention, some participants receive a day's supply of ≤ 4 smokeless tobacco or nicotine products and periodically undergo a breath CO and saliva and buccal cell sample collection. Surveys are completed and samples collected at 3 and 4 weeks.

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Conditions studied

  • Bladder Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Gastric Cancer
  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Kidney Cancer
  • Leukemia
  • Liver Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Tobacco Use Disorder

Keywords

  • tobacco use disorder
  • bladder cancer
  • cervical cancer
  • esophageal cancer
  • gastric cancer
  • renal cell carcinoma
  • adult primary liver cancer
  • non-small cell lung cancer
  • small cell lung cancer
  • pancreatic cancer
  • hypopharyngeal cancer
  • laryngeal cancer
  • lip and oral cavity cancer
  • nasopharyngeal cancer
  • oropharyngeal cancer
  • paranasal sinus and nasal cavity cancer
  • adult acute myeloid leukemia
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In context

Lung Neoplasms

7,243 studies on the registry are indexed under Lung Neoplasms; 1,557 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 67 is above the median of 60 across 5,295 interventional studies indexed under Lung Neoplasms.

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Lead sponsor

Roswell Park Cancer Institute is the lead sponsor of 412 studies on the registry; 62 are open to participants now.

Of its 38 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 21 (55%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 120 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Currently smokes ≥ 10 cigarettes per day
  • Not planning to quit smoking in the next 30 days and has not tried to quit in the past 30 days
  • Medically eligible to receive nicotine-replacement products, based on the NYS Smokers Quitline eligibility criteria

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Able to read and speak English
  • In good general health
  • No history of heart attack or stroke in the past 2 weeks
  • No history of chest pains in the past month
  • No report of physician-diagnosed arrhythmia/irregular heartbeat or use of pacemaker
  • No report of physician-diagnosed heart disease/coronary artery disease, uncontrolled hypertension, stomach ulcer, diabetes, depression, or asthma

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

  • No other concurrent tobacco products or nicotine medications
  • No concurrent Zyban, Bupropion, Wellbutrin, Chantix, or other smoking cessation medication
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
67 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Overall

    Single-armed study

    Behavioral: telephone-based intervention · Drug: nicotine replacement therapy · Other: informational intervention · Other: internet-based intervention · Other: questionnaire administration

Interventions

  • Behavioraltelephone-based intervention

    10-15 minute web-based survey on a computer

  • Drugnicotine replacement therapy

    One week supply

  • Otherinformational intervention
  • Otherinternet-based intervention
  • Otherquestionnaire administration

    Given out week 2, 3 and 4.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With no Interest in Trial of Harm-reduction Products (HRPs)

    Time frame: Baseline

  2. Number of Participants Willing to Try HRPs

    Time frame: Baseline

  3. Number of Participants That Completed 1-week Trial

    Time frame: One week

  4. Number of Participants Willing to Continue With Preferred HRP

    Time frame: 1 week follow up

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Results

Posted Dec 14, 2016
Limitations and caveats
About 1/3 of initial participants did not complete this study. The limited number of participants precludes identifying demographic predictors of willingness or patterns of substitution. Single armed study lacks comparison group.

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneNoncombusted Nicotine Product With Informational Intervention
Started67
Follow-up #159
Follow-up #250
Completed44
Not completed23
Withdrew: Lost to follow-up19
Withdrew: Protocol violation3
Withdrew: Withdrawal by subject1

Outcome measures

PrimaryNumber of Participants With no Interest in Trial of Harm-reduction Products (HRPs)
Time frame:
Baseline
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants With no Interest in Trial of Harm-reduction Products (HRPs)
participantsOverall
Number of Participants With no Interest in Trial of Harm-reduction Products (HRPs)7
PrimaryNumber of Participants Willing to Try HRPs
Time frame:
Baseline
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants Willing to Try HRPs
participantsOverall
Number of Participants Willing to Try HRPs60
PrimaryNumber of Participants That Completed 1-week Trial
Time frame:
One week
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants That Completed 1-week Trial
participantsOverall
Number of Participants That Completed 1-week Trial50
PrimaryNumber of Participants Willing to Continue With Preferred HRP
Time frame:
1 week follow up
Reported as:
Number · participants
Number of Participants Willing to Continue With Preferred HRP
participantsOverall
Number of Participants Willing to Continue With Preferred HRP49

Adverse events

Collected over Collected over 2 weeks while participants were using tobacco products. Non-serious events are listed at a 0% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Overall—0/59 (0%)0/59 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Current smokers, aged 18+, smoke at least 10 cigarettes per day, not planning to quit smoking in the next 30 days

Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Overall
Mean46.7 ± 9.59
Gender
Gender(Participants)Overall
Female35
Male32
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Overall
Hispanic or Latino5
Not Hispanic or Latino61
Unknown or Not Reported1
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Overall
American Indian or Alaska Native0
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander0
Black or African American19
White42
More than one race5
Unknown or Not Reported1
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Overall
United States67
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Study locations

1 site
  • Roswell Park Cancer Institute
    Buffalo, New York 14263-0001, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 7, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00957424
Lead sponsor
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Collaborators
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 12, 2009
Start date
Jun 2009
Primary completion
Aug 2009
Completion
Nov 2011
Results posted
Dec 14, 2016
Last update
Feb 7, 2017

Study contacts

Martin Mahoney, MD
principal investigator · Roswell Park Cancer Institute
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