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Not yet recruitingNCT07685795Updated Jul 6, 2026

Abuse Liability of Four Modern Oral Nicotine Products

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.

Primary conditionTobacco SmokingRegistry: SmokingReclassifiedWhy we changed it
Registry
Smoking — the first condition term the registry derived for this study.
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Tobacco Smoking
Why
  1. The study's listed conditions name Tobacco Smoking, a narrower term within Smoking.
Confidence
High: the new condition is named in the study's own listed conditions. Of 351 hand-checked studies reclassified this way, 68% were exactly right and 84% in the right disease family; the registry's first term was right for 5% (measured 2026-10-21). How we classify →
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Sponsored by RAI Services Company (part of British American Tobacco) · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
21 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

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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.

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Conditions studied

  • Smoking
  • Smoking Behaviors
  • Tobacco Use
  • Tobacco Smoking

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In context

Tobacco Smoking Reclassified

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.

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Lead sponsor

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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Who can participate

Ages eligible
21 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Able to read, understand, and willing to sign an form (ICF) and complete questionnaires written in English.
  2. Generally healthy males or females, 21 to 60 years of age, inclusive, at the time of consent.
  3. Smokes combustible, filtered, non-menthol or menthol cigarettes, 83 mm to 100 mm in length as primary source of tobacco and who also use MST. Participant's usual brand MST product needs to be a moist snuff tobacco product and not a Snus oral tobacco product.
  4. Smokes an average of at least 10 cigarettes per day (CPD) and inhales the smoke, for at least 6 months prior to Screening. Brief periods of abstinence due to illness, quit attempt (occurring 30 days prior to Screening), or clinical study participation (occurring 30 days prior to Screening) will be allowed at the discretion of an investigator.
  5. Agrees to smoke the same UB cigarette throughout the study period. The UB cigarette is defined as the reported cigarette brand and style currently smoked most frequently by the participant.
  6. Reports daily use of MST products and agrees to use the same UB MST throughout the study period. The UB moist snuff is defined as the reported moist snuff brand and style currently used most frequently by the participant.
  7. Expired breath carbon monoxide (eCO) level is ≥ 10 ppm and ≤ 100 ppm at Screening and at check-in (Day 1).
  8. Response at Screening to the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) Question 1 ("How soon after you wake up do you smoke your first cigarette?") is either "Within 5 minutes" or "6-30 minutes" (Heatherton et al., 1991) OR response at Screening to "How soon after you wake up do you place your first dip?" is either "Within 5 minutes" or "6-30 minutes" from the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependance-Smokeless Tobacco (FTND-ST) (Ebbert et al., 2006).
  9. Positive urine cotinine test (i.e., ≥200 ng/mL) at Screening and at Check-in Day 1.
  10. Willing to use Study IPs, their UB cigarette and UB moist snuff (Product S) during the study period.
  11. Willing to abstain from tobacco and nicotine use for at least 12 hours prior to the start of each of six Test Sessions.
  12. 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:

    1. Surgical sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral tubal ligation/occlusion, bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy);
    2. physical barrier method (e.g., condom, diaphragm/sponge/cervical cap) with spermicide;
    3. abstinence;
    4. non-hormone releasing intrauterine devices (IUD);
    5. vasectomized partner; or
    6. and not on hormone replacement therapy.
  13. Agrees to an in-clinic confinement of seven days (six nights).
  14. within 18.0 to 40.0 kg/m2, inclusive (minimum weight of at least 50.0 kg at Screening)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Allergic to or cannot tolerate mint or wintergreen flavoring agents.
  2. Individuals or their family members that have ongoing litigation with tobacco company(ies).
  3. Have used electronic nicotine delivery system (e.g., Vuse Alto, JUUL) or tobacco heating device (e.g., iQOS) within the 30 days prior to screening.
  4. Presence of uncontrolled cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, psychiatric, hematological, neurological disease, or any other concurrent disease or medical condition that, in the opinion of an investigator, makes the study participant unsuitable to participate in this clinical study.
  5. History, presence of, or clinical laboratory test results indicating diabetes.
  6. Scheduled treatment for asthma currently or within the past consecutive 12 months prior to the Screening Visit. As-needed treatment, such as inhalers, may be included at an investigator discretion.
  7. History or presence of bleeding or clotting disorders.
  8. Any history of cancer, except for primary cancers of skin such as localized basal cell/squamous cell carcinoma that has been surgically and/or cryogenically removed.
  9. Systolic blood pressure of > 160 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure of > 95 mmHg, measured after being seated for five minutes at Screening or at check-in Day 1.
  10. level is \< 12.5 g/dL for females or \< 13.0 g/dL for males at Screening.
  11. Females who have a positive pregnancy test, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or intend to become pregnant during the course of the study.
  12. Has positive urine drug screen (UDS) or alcohol test (urine or breath) at Screening or at Check-in to the Assessment Phase (Day 1), with the exception of positive results for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). If positive for THC at check-in (Day 1), a cannabis intoxication evaluation will be performed, and inclusion will be at the discretion of an investigator.
  13. Positive test for (HIV), surface antigen (HbsAg), or virus (HCV).
  14. Use of any medication or substance that aids in smoking cessation, including but not limited to any NRT (e.g., nicotine gum, lozenge, patch), varenicline (Chantix®), bupropion (Wellbutrin®, Zyban®), GLP-1 agonists (e.g., Wegovy®, Mounjaro®, and Ozempic®), or lobelia extract within 30 days prior to signing the form.
  15. Postpones a decision to quit using tobacco- or nicotine-containing products in order to participate in this study or self-reports a previous quit attempt within (≤) 30 days prior to signing the informed consent.
  16. Any use of daily aspirin (≥ 325 mg) or any use of other anticoagulants.
  17. Individuals ≥ 35 years of age currently using systemic, testosterone, estrogen-containing or hormone replacement therapy.
  18. Whole blood donation or lost blood or blood products in excess of 500 mL within 8 weeks (≤ 56 days) prior to signing the informed consent and between Screening and check-in Day 1.
  19. Plasma donation within (≤) 7 days prior to signing the informed consent and between Screening and check-in Day 1.
  20. Employed by a tobacco or nicotine company, the study site, or handles raw, unpackaged tobacco- or nicotine-containing products as part of their job.
  21. Has used an drug, device, biologic, or tobacco/nicotine product in a previous clinical study within 30 days or 5 times the half-life of the product (whichever is longer) prior to Screening.
  22. Drinks more than 21 servings of alcoholic beverages per week.
  23. Determined by an investigator to be inappropriate for this study.
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Informed consent

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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.

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.

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).

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.

Clinically significant

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Product usage order ASDECB

    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).

  • Experimental
    Product usage order BAESDC

    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).

  • Experimental
    Product usage order CBSAED

    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).

  • Experimental
    Product usage order DCABSE

    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).

  • Experimental
    Product usage order EDBCAS

    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).

  • Experimental
    Product usage order SECDBA

    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).

Interventions

  • OtherUsual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette

    Usual Brand (UB) filtered, menthol or non-menthol combustible cigarette

  • OtherWintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine

    Wintergreen (fleece A), 12 mg nicotine

  • OtherWintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine

    Wintergreen (fleece A), 9 mg nicotine

  • OtherWintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine

    Wintergreen (fleece B), 9 mg Nicotine

  • OtherWatermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine

    Watermelon Mint (fleece A), 9 mg Nicotine

  • OtherUB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).

    UB moist snuff (UB MST), either loose or portioned (pouched).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. AUECPL 5-60

    area under the effect curve (AUEC) for PL (VAS score-versus-time)

    Time frame: 5 minutes to 60 minutes

  2. Emax PL

    maximum effect (maximum PL VAS score after the start of IP use)

    Time frame: 60 minutes

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 6, 2026, 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
NCT07685795
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 6, 2026
Start date
Jul 15, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 15, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Jan 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 6, 2026

Study contacts

John Darnell
Contact
darnelj2@rjrt.com
3367410386
Kristen Prevette
Contact
prevetk1@rjrt.com
3367411873
Brian Keyser
study director · Reynolds American

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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