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CompletedNCT02190643Updated Apr 6, 2016

Improving Nicotine Patch Adherence Among Latino HIV-Positive Smokers

An interventional study of Cessation counseling with adherence focus and Cessation counseling without adherence focus in Smoking, sponsored by RAND. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-04-06.

Sponsored by RAND · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate a smoking cessation program for Latino HIV-positive smokers focused on improving adherence to using the nicotine skin patch.

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Conditions studied

  • Smoking

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Keywords

  • Smoking
  • HIV
  • Latino
  • Cessation
  • Nicotine patch
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In context

Smoking

325 studies on the registry are indexed under Smoking; 141 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is below the median of 117 across 250 interventional studies indexed under Smoking.

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Lead sponsor

RAND is the lead sponsor of 114 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years or older
  • Latino
  • HIV positive
  • current, daily smoker
  • ready to set quit date in next 30 days
  • willing to try the nicotine patch

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • suffering from any medical condition which would prevent using the nicotine patch
  • currently using other tobacco products or e-cigarettes
  • currently receiving counseling or medication to quit or reduce smoking
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Adherence condition

    Brief smoking cessation counseling session (based on 5 A's approach) that includes a module focused on improving adherence to using the nicotine patch, plus 8-week supply of nicotine patches.

    Behavioral: Cessation counseling with adherence focus

  • Active comparator
    Standard condition

    Brief smoking cessation counseling session (based on 5 A's approach) that does not include a module focused on improving nicotine patch adherence, plus 8-week supply of nicotine patches.

    Behavioral: Cessation counseling without adherence focus

Interventions

  • BehavioralCessation counseling with adherence focus
  • BehavioralCessation counseling without adherence focus
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Continuous abstinence

    No smoking from the target quit date through the 3-month follow-up

    Time frame: 3 months post-quit date

  2. biochemically-verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence

    No smoking in the 7 prior days

    Time frame: 3 months post-quit date

Secondary outcomes

  1. Nicotine patch adherence

    Time frame: 3 months post-quit date

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Study locations

1 site
  • Bienestar Human Services Inc
    Los Angeles, California 90022, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 6, 2016, 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
NCT02190643
Lead sponsor
RAND
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 15, 2014
Start date
Apr 2013
Primary completion
Nov 2015
Completion
Mar 2016
Last update
Apr 6, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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