Switching to Reduced Oxidant or Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Smokers

NCT ID: NCT02415270

Last Updated: 2018-07-27

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

37 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2017-01-01

Brief Summary

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The overall objectives of this clinical study are to determine in smokers the short term effects of switching to tobacco products that deliver low levels of nicotine or reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) on smoking behavior and biomarkers of tobacco smoke exposure and oxidative stress.

Detailed Description

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Researchers at Penn State Hershey are seeking healthy adult cigarette smokers between 21-65 who smoke any of the following brands on a regular basis: Marlboro Red, Marlboro Menthol, Pall Mall Red, Pall Mall Menthol, Kool Menthol, Salem Menthol, L\&M Menthol, Pyramid Red, Newport Red, Newport Menthol.

If you smoke one of these brand styles on a regular basis you may be eligible to participate in a compensated short term study on health and smoking behavior at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

Study participation lasts 22 days, with 4 study visits at the Medical Center. Smokers are asked to use their usual brand for one week and then switch to 1 of 3 brands for the remaining two weeks. The three brands participants are randomly assigned to after the first week of participation are either Group 1. reduced nicotine content cigarette (Spectrum Research Cigarettes) or Group 2. reduced oxidant cigarette (American Spirit) or assigned to Group 3. usual brand. Whichever group you are assigned to, you will be asked to smoke only these until the end of the study. All cigarettes following visit 1 will be provided free of charge.

Study overview:

Visit 1/ Duration: 60 minutes Provide a blood and urine sample Complete a 20 minute interview Use a simple, hand held smoking device to smoke all cigarettes for 2 days Collect cigarette butts on 1 day

Visit 2: Randomized Phase /Duration: 20-30 minutes Provide a blood and urine sample Complete a 10 minute interview Use a simple, hand held smoking device to smoke all cigarettes for 2 days Collect cigarette butts on 1 day

Visit 3/ Duration: 20-30 minutes Provide a blood and urine sample Complete a 10 minute interview Use a simple, hand held smoking device to smoke all cigarettes for 2 days Collect cigarette butts on 1 day

Visit 4/ Duration: 20-30 minutes Provide a blood and urine sample Complete a 10 minute interview Sign compensation form

For information on additional tobacco studies being conducted at Penn State Hershey, please call 1-844-207-6392

\*This research is being conducted under the investigator John Richie at Penn State Hershey; 500 University Drive Hershey, PA

Conditions

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Tobacco Smoking Behavior

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes

Participants will be randomized to receive low nicotine cigarettes to replace their usual high nicotine brand.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes

Intervention Type OTHER

Human topography data will show if smokers smoke their cigarettes differently from baseline following randomization. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Reduced ROS/RNS

Participants will be randomized to receive Reduced Oxidative/Nitrogen Species (ROS/RNS) cigarettes to replace their usual cigarettes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reduced ROS/RNS

Intervention Type OTHER

Human topography data will show if smokers smoke their cigarettes differently from baseline following randomization. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Control Group

Participants will be assigned to continue smoking their usual brand of cigarettes.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Control

Intervention Type OTHER

Human topography data will show if smokers change the way they smoke due to being in a research study. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Interventions

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Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes

Human topography data will show if smokers smoke their cigarettes differently from baseline following randomization. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Reduced ROS/RNS

Human topography data will show if smokers smoke their cigarettes differently from baseline following randomization. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Control

Human topography data will show if smokers change the way they smoke due to being in a research study. Select biosamples of participants will be used to analyze how biomarkers differ among groups

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Cigarette contains .28mg (.29mg/menthol) of nicotine Cigarette to be determined by lab experiment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 21-65
* Smoke 10 cigarettes/day or more for at least one year
* Read and write in English
* Menthol and nonmenthol smokers who use relatively high nicotine and ROS/RNS cigarettes
* Able to understand and provide consent to study procedures
* Plan to live in the local area for the next month
* Women not pregnant or nursing and taking steps to avoid pregnancy
* No quit attempt in the last one months and not planning to quit in the next month

Exclusion Criteria

* Currently pregnant or nursing
* Unstable or significant medical condition, such as COPD or kidney failure, that is likely to affect biomarker data
* Use of non-cigarette nicotine delivery product in the past week (included cigars, pipes, chew, snus, hookah, e-cig, and marijuana)
* Currently reducing or planning to reduce cigarette consumption in the next month
* Use of smoking cessation medicine in the past 3 months
* History of difficulties providing blood samples: fainting, poor veins, anxiety, etc.
* Uncontrolled serious psychotic illness or substance abuse or inpatient treatment for these in the last 6 months (substance abuse includes weekly, almost daily or daily use of other illegal drugs and prescription drugs that are not being used for medically prescribed purposes or alcohol abuse that would hinder the participant's ability to participate)
* Significant medical condition, i.e. stroke, MI, cancer, in the last month
* Currently using illegal drugs
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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John P. Richie

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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John Richie, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Locations

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Penn State Hershey

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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5P50DA036107-02

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

STUDY00001996

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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