An interventional study of Faith-Based messages in Tobacco Use, Faith-Based and Community-engaged, sponsored by University of Minnesota. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 79 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-09-04.
Sponsored by University of Minnesota · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
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Among 311 studies in Tobacco Use with a site in United States — 52 open to participants now, 63 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Tobacco Use · United States.
Among the 311 studies in Tobacco Use with a site in United States, this one is the 207th largest by enrollment of the 286 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 21 that started in 2017, is one of 231 with no phase, and was the 102nd registered.
421 studies on the registry are indexed under Tobacco Use; 83 are open to participants now.
Browse Tobacco Use studies →52 of the 311 studies in Tobacco Use with a site in United States are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:
RAI Services Company · Sites in United States
Ages 21–65 · Healthy volunteers
University of Pennsylvania · Sites in United States
Ages 18+
RAI Services Company · Sites in United States
Ages 21–65 · Healthy volunteers
University of Pittsburgh · Sites in United States
Ages 18+ · Women only
RAI Services Company · Sites in United States
Ages 21–65 · Healthy volunteers
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Of the 50 Tobacco Use studies recruiting now, 28 (56%) set no upper age limit and 18 (36%) stop at 75 or younger; 2 take children under 18; 27 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years to 79 Years · male · healthy volunteers too.
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311 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
A study in two phases is counted once above. Listed by phase, each with its combined phases: Phase 1 25 · Phase 2 22 · Phase 3 10 · Phase 4 9
First in 1992; this study’s year is marked. 21 started in 2017.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's enrollment of 50 is below the median of 127 across 352 interventional studies indexed under Tobacco Use.
Median enrollment 120 across the 286 interventional studies, 174 across the 24 observational. Of the 232 that completed or were terminated, 82 (35%) have results posted.
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67 of 311 have an industry lead sponsor. The 10 most frequent:
University of Minnesota is the lead sponsor of 1,216 studies on the registry; 196 are open to participants now.
Of its 136 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 95 (70%) have results posted.
University of Minnesota has 9 studies filed under Tobacco Use — fewer than ten, so there is no comparison to draw.
30 of the studies in Tobacco Use with a site in United States that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 0 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT05707871Wake Forest University Health SciencesCardiovascular Effects of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes | 2026-12 |
| NCT07710820RAI Services CompanyA Multi-Site Study to Assess the Effect of Availability of a Heated Tobacco Product on Smoking Abstinence Among Current Primary Cigarette Smokers | 2026-12 |
| NCT05445804Johns Hopkins UniversityOral Cannabidiol for Tobacco Cessation | 2026-12-01 |
| NCT07598136RAI Services CompanyA Study to Determine the Effects of ENDS Flavor Availability on Abstinence Within Smokers | 2026-12-17 |
| NCT04297592Mayo ClinicAntibiotic Prophylaxis in High-Risk Arthroplasty Patients | 2027-01 |
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Among the 311 studies in Tobacco Use with a site in United States, from their registry updates:
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1.1 In the last five years, representatives of WellShare International and the University of Minnesota have engaged a large community of Muslims of Somali descent in the Twin Cities of Minnesota in a community-academic research program to understand smoking and cessation behaviors. This followed research by WellShare International which discovered a smoking prevalence among Somali men of 44%, which is nearly three times that of the general population (14.4%) in Minnesota. More recently, pilot data from ecological momentary assessments (EMA) conducted by WellShare International and the University of Minnesota Program in Health Disparities Research before and during Ramadan, showed that the majority of smokers achieved spontaneous significant reductions in cigarettes smoked per day during Ramadan. Guided by the NIH Stage Based Intervention Development Model, this study aims to understand the processes underlying smoking reduction and cessation during Ramadan. The investigators plan to harness this knowledge and develop a culturally-tailored, faith-based smoking cessation intervention (Stage 1). The investigators also plan to assess the feasibility of the new culturally-tailored smoking cessation intervention by conducting a pilot study (Stage 2).
The study aims are as follows:
Aim 1: To develop a faith-based, community-informed innovative smoking cessation intervention for use with a Somali immigrant population in Minnesota:
Aim 2: To assess the feasibility of a faith-based smoking cessation intervention delivered via a mobile phone during the Ramadan period:
This pilot study will test a protocol for use of faith based text messages, as informed by the scholarly work of the Imams, Community Advisory Group (CAG) and focus groups conducted in Stage 1.
Smoking Prevalence in the Muslim communities: Although significant declines in cigarette smoking prevalence have been realized in the United States (U.S.), this decline is not universal. Muslim communities continue to have disproportionately high smoking prevalence rates. For example, one of WellShare International's studies showed a smoking prevalence rate of 44.1% among Somali adult (predominantly Muslim) men in Minnesota, compared to the average smoking rate for adult men in Minnesota (14.4%) and in the United States of 17.8%. Despite ample evidence that pharmacotherapy and counselling are effective for smoking cessation in the general population, no one has identified effective ways to extend these benefits to the Muslim communities and the U.S.'s largest Somali population which resides in Minnesota. Even when readily available, such aids seem to be underutilized, reflecting the commonly held belief among Muslims that giving up smoking primarily requires only will power. Although approaches that draw on the need for will power around the Ramadan fast (during which smoking is prohibited during daylight hours) have been considered, no systematic attempt has been made to make effective evidence-based smoking cessation methods available leveraged on the Ramadan. Muslim smokers face yet another challenge during the holy month of Ramadan, where adherence to medications during this month has been documented as challenging. However, because cigarette smoking continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality, it is critical to identify evidence-based methods for promoting adherence to known effective methods for reducing tobacco related health disparities in this underserved minority population in Minnesota.
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We will send faith-based messages one week prior to Ramadan and twice a day during Ramadan.
Behavioral: Faith-Based messages
We will send out faith based text messages on a weekly basis for the one week prior to the start of Ramadan, then twice a day during the Ramadan period that will encourage smoking cessation and continue to encourage change of behavior. The faith-based messages will be incorporated with messages drawn from the Smokefree.gov Mobile Interventions QuitNowTXT Message Library. These messages will be geared towards reminding the smokers that as Ramadan is coming closer they need to consider the effects that smoking may have on their health and should consider taking steps towards quitting.
Participants Adherence to the Intervention
Real time smoking cravings and urges, as well as the number of cigarettes smoked in each time period, will be measured via ecological momentary assessment (EMA) in a sample of Muslim male smokers who are fasting during Ramadan. Participants will be enrolled in this study if they are current smokers and are going to fast throughout Ramadan. Analyses will use data collected via a RedCap survey at random time points (3 times per day, 2 times a week) during Ramadan. In the analysis, 4 time blocks (pre sunrise \[4:30am-9:00am\], day time \[9:01am-3:00pm\], pre sunset \[3:01pm-9:00pm\] and breaking fast \[9:01pm-4:29am\]) will be used for analysis.
Time frame: 8 weeks
smoking cessation
CO breath test at week 4 and week 8
Time frame: 8 weeks
Plan to share: No
Ran from Dec 2017 to primary completion in Sep 2018, 8 months.
Of 167 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Tobacco Use, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 41. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 223 studies reached it within 16 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 33.
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