An interventional study of Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette and Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine in Smoking, Smoking Behaviors and Tobacco Use, sponsored by RAI Services Company. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-06.
Sponsored by RAI Services Company (part of British American Tobacco) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
This is a single-site, open-label, randomized, 6-way crossover study designed to evaluate elements of abuse liability (AL) including subjective effects, physiological measures (pharmacodynamics [PD]), and plasma nicotine uptake (pharmacokinetics [PK]) during controlled monitored use and following ad libitum use of the study investigational products (IPs) by generally healthy smokers who are also users of smokeless tobacco.
Smokers who only use filtered menthol or non-menthol cigarettes and who also use loose or pouched moist snuff smokeless tobacco [Moist Snuff Tobacco (MST)] will be recruited into this AL study to evaluate elements of AL of four modern oral (MO) nicotine products (hereinafter, Study IPs) compared to combustible cigarettes (CC) and MST.
For this study, participant's usual brand smokeless tobacco product needs to be moist snuff (loose or pouched) and not a Snus smokeless oral tobacco product.
Potential participants will complete a pre-screening telephone interview. They will complete a Screening Visit to assess their eligibility within 45 days prior to check-in and enrollment.
Starting on Day 1, participants will check-in at the clinical site to confirm eligibility. Eligible participants will be enrolled, randomized and confined in the clinic for 7 days (6 nights).
Participants will be randomized to a product use sequence (using a Williams Design) in which they will evaluate one IP in each of six separate daily Test Sessions, such that each participant will evaluate a total of six IPs; Wintergreen 12 mg nicotine (fleece A), Wintergreen 9 mg nicotine (fleece A),Wintergreen 9 mg (fleece B), Watermelon Mint 9 mg nicotine (fleece A), participant's usual brand moist snuff tobacco [UB MST], and a high-AL comparator (participant's usual brand cigarette [UB CC]).
On Day 2 and continuing through Day 7, participants will participate in daily Test Sessions that will last approximately 8 hours, consisting of a 1-hour controlled first use period immediately followed by a 7-hour ad libitum period. Each Test Session will include collection of both types of PD measures (subjective and physiological) and PK measures prior to, during, and following IP use. During each test session, used IP will be collected, and either disposed of (UB CC and loose UB MST) or stored (modern oral IP and pouched UB MST) at -20°C, and shipped to a laboratory of the Sponsor's choosing. For participants whose UB MST is loose MST, a fresh unopened tin/can will be weighed immediately prior to the 'first use' portion of the session before the participant self-selects the amount of loose MST for their initial IP use. The lid will be replaced on the can/tin and weighed to the nearest 0.01g.
Immediately following the 1-hour 'first use' portion of the test session, a 7-hour ad libitum use period will commence. Both types of PD (subjective and physiological) and PK measures will be measured during the 7-hour ad libitum use period. The number, time, and duration of use of IPs that participants request will be recorded; every used IPs (MO and pouched UB MST IPs only) will be collected, stored at -20°C, and shipped to a laboratory of the sponsor's choosing. For participants whose test session IP is loose UB MST, a fresh unopened tin/can or the tin/can used for the initial 1-hour 'first use' session will be weighed immediately prior to the participant self-selects the amount of loose UB MST for their ad libitum test session, then the lid will be replaced to the can/tin and weighed to the nearest 0.01g. After the participant's completion of the 7-hour ad libitum test session, the tin/can of UB MST will be weighed to the nearest 0.01g to determine the total amount of UB MST used during the 7-hour and the entire 8-hour test sessions.
During the remaining \~4 hours of the day following each 8-hour Test Session, a Product Acclimation Period will allow participants ad libitum use of the subsequent day's Test Session assigned MO IP (at least two trial uses; minimum acclimation use requirement), followed by use of their UB CC and UB MST ad libitum, until the 12-hour tobacco and nicotine abstinence period begins. If the participant's UB CC or UB MST are assigned per randomized sequence for use in the next day's Test Session, no (MO) product acclimation is required and participants can use their UB CC and UB MST ad libitum, until the 12-hour tobacco and nicotine abstinence period begins. Used IP (only MO IPs and pouched UB MST) from each of the MO Product Acclimation and/or end of day ad libitum use periods will be collected immediately after use, stored at -20°C, and shipped to a laboratory of the sponsor's choosing.
Safety will be monitored throughout the study by the Principal Investigator (PI) (or designee) by assessing adverse experiences/events (AEs), vital sign measurements, physical examinations (including an oral examination), and clinical laboratory tests.
The Medical Monitor will be available for consultation during the study and for any follow-up needs after study discharge.
264 studies on the registry are indexed under Tobacco Smoking; 42 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 119 across 229 interventional studies indexed under Tobacco Smoking.
Browse Tobacco Smoking studies →RAI Services Company is the lead sponsor of 53 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.
First submitted after RAI Services Company became part of British American Tobacco.
Compared within Tobacco Smoking, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Smoking. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Females must be willing to use a form of acceptable to an investigator from the time of signing the ICF until End-of-Study.
Examples of acceptable means of birth control are, but not limited to:
Exclusion Criteria:
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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
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Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
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Clinically significant
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Hemoglobin (Hb)
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
HIV
The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.
Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis B tests
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.
Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Hepatitis C tests
Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.
After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Subjects will use each of the 6 products during an evaluation period, followed by a 1 hour Test Session and a 7 hour ad lib session
Other: Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine · Other: Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine · Other: UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette
Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine
Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine
Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine
Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine
UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).
AUECPL 5-60
area under the effect curve (AUEC) for PL (VAS score-versus-time)
Time frame: 5 minutes to 60 minutes
Emax PL
maximum effect (maximum PL VAS score after the start of IP use)
Time frame: 60 minutes
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