COMET2 Project 1 Filter Ventilation Study

NCT ID: NCT03637972

Last Updated: 2022-04-29

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

118 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-18

Study Completion Date

2021-12-09

Brief Summary

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Phase III randomized, 2 x 2 design, open label, multi-center study that will assess the removal of filter ventilation on smoking behavior and biomarkers in a tobacco and nicotine product marketplace simulation of a real world environment.

Detailed Description

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This randomized, open label, controlled multi-site study will simulate a "real world" tobacco environment by providing access to an experimental marketplace where they will be given vouchers that can be exchanged for assigned study cigarettes (either ventilated or unventilated) and two of the groups will also have access to non-combusted tobacco/nicotine products.

Subjects (N=550; N=125 in each group) will be randomly assigned to: 1) Ventilated cigarettes only; or 2) Unventilated cigarettes only; 3) Ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems (ANDS); 4) Unventilated cigarettes + ANDS.

Smokers will undergo an in person screening and then a 12 week experimental trial consisting of 2 weeks of baseline; 2 weeks of usual brand cigarettes in the marketplace and 8 weeks on the study cigarettes in the marketplace, plus a follow-up visit 4 weeks after the intervention is over. The experimental period will simulate a "real world" environment by providing participants with vouchers for a specified number of points that can be exchanged for study cigarettes and/or ANDS. At the end of the study they can exchange unspent points for money.

Biomarker samples (total nicotine equivalents, tobacco specific nitrosamines, volatile organic compound and inflammation markers), smoking topography and inhalation measures are taken at baseline and end of trial.

Conditions

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Smoking Tobacco Use

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Phase III randomized, open label, multi-center study assessing the impact of filter ventilation. Assigned to ventilated or unventilated cigarettes and either access to ANDS in an experimental marketplace, or no access to ANDS or any other products.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Ventilated cigarettes only

Filters with approximately 30-36% filter ventilation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Ventilated cigarettes only

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for ventilated cigarettes study cigarettes.

Unventilated cigarettes only

Filters with approximately 3.0-4.6% filter ventilation

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Unventilated cigarettes only

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for unventilated cigarettes study cigarettes.

Ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems

Filters with approximately 30-36% filter ventilation and access to alternative nicotine delivery systems including e-cigarette/vaping device, medicinal nicotine (lozenge, gum and patch).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Access to Experimental Marketplace: Ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems cigarettes.

Unventilated cigarettes + ANDS

Filters with approximately 3.0-4.6% filter ventilation and access to alternative nicotine delivery systems including e-cigarette/vaping device, medicinal nicotine (lozenge, gum and patch).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Access to Experimental Marketplace: Unventilated cigarettes + ANDS

Intervention Type OTHER

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for unventilated cigarettes + ANDS.

Interventions

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Ventilated cigarettes only

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for ventilated cigarettes study cigarettes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Unventilated cigarettes only

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for unventilated cigarettes study cigarettes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Access to Experimental Marketplace: Ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for ventilated cigarettes + alternative nicotine delivery systems cigarettes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Access to Experimental Marketplace: Unventilated cigarettes + ANDS

Participants given vouchers that are exchanged for unventilated cigarettes + ANDS.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* At least 18 years of age
* Biochemically confirmed regular cigarette smoker

Exclusion Criteria

* Unstable health
* Unstable medications
* Pregnant or nursing
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Ohio State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Dorothy K Hatsukami, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Minnesota

Locations

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University of Minnesota Tobacco Research Program

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2018NTLS083

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT03715491

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: nct_alias

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