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Smoking Cessation: full-pipeline trial registry

57 of 189 indexed Smoking Cessation trials are currently recruiting.

Corpus placement: #57 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

189 US clinical trials · 57 currently recruiting · #57 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Smoking Cessation: 189 US clinical trials tracked, 57 recruiting.

Smoking Cessation is the subject of 189 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 57 of them currently open to new participants. 33 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 30 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of California, San Francisco, running 10 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition smoking-cessation

OPEN 57 | RECR 30% | LATE 33 | EARLY 30 | RANK #57 | SPON 10

Nearest open-share peer: Heart Diseases (30% recruiting · 86 trials)

Advanced Solid Tumor70%Endometrial Cancer57.4%Myelodysplastic Syndromes37.8%Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia34.4%Smoking Cessation (this)30%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Smoking Cessation

Smoking Cessation lists 57 open slots (30% of 189 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Smoking Cessation on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Smoking Cessation is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    57 of 189 indexed trials (30.2%) are open to enrollment, against a 37.1% average across 139 conditions with 100+ trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Smoking Cessation trials is spread across many organizations.

    University of California, San Francisco accounts for 10 of 189 trials (5.3%). 84 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Smoking Cessation enrolment sits around 200 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 200 among the 189 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 71 of those (37.6%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Smoking Cessation research is mostly interventional.

    181 interventional and 8 observational studies make up this index (95.8% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 115Phase 215Phase 314Phase 419

Open and recent trials

189 total, page 2 of 4

RECRUITING NA 38 participants

Deep rTMS Modulating Insula Synaptic Density and Smoking Behavior in Schizophrenia

Stony Brook University

NCT05724810

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

Preliminary Effectiveness of Enhanced Text Message + Incentives

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT07420621

RECRUITING NA 30 participants

A Culturally Tailored Smartphone Application for African American Smokers

University of Oklahoma

NCT05188287

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Trauma-Informed Care for Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy

University of California, San Francisco

NCT07129590

RECRUITING NA 20 participants

Contingency Management to Promote Smoking Cessation

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT06456242

RECRUITING Phase 1 20 participants

Development of a MHBC Intervention for Weight Loss and Smoking Cessation for Pre-Bariatric Surgery Patients

Yale University

NCT07224087

RECRUITING NA 10 participants

A Study Evaluating the Use of an Indoor Air Quality Monitor to Promote a Smoke-free Home

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06693700

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 1,122 participants

Evaluation of an "Opt-Out" Inpatient Smoking Cessation Service on Smoking Behavior Study #1

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT04827914

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 1,072 participants

A Randomized Clinical Trial Assessing Smoking Cessation Interventions In Dental Clinic Smokers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00591175

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 4 807 participants

Implementing Tobacco Treatment in Low Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Sites

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT03315910

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 700 participants

A Pragmatic Trial of Chronic Disease Approaches to Ameliorate Tobacco Related Cardiovascular Disease Health Disparities

University of Minnesota

NCT05671380

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 638 participants

Automated Video-Assisted Smoking Treatment for People Living With HIV

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT05014282

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 630 participants

Smoking Cessation Intervention During Low Dose CT (LDCT) Screening for Lung Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03059940

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 532 participants

Mobile Contingency Management for Smoking Cessation

University of Oklahoma

NCT04881630

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 520 participants

Partnering With Food Bank to Provide Tobacco Treatment to Underserved Smokers

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT05004662

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 500 participants

Telephone All Nations Breath of Life

Lehigh University

NCT04764175

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 440 participants

VR Smoking Cessation During a Dental Hygiene Visit

Boston University

NCT04524533

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 360 participants

Enhancing Long-Term Smoking Abstinence Among Cervical Cancer Survivors (Project ACCESS)

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT05645146

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 300 participants

Construal Level as a Novel Pathway for Affect Regulation and Cancer Control

University of Oregon

NCT04620915

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 263 participants

Implementation of a System-level Tobacco Treatment Intervention

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT02816697

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 226 participants

Improving the Reach & Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Services Targeted to Veterans Living With HIV

Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

NCT04505371

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 153 participants

Digitally Enhanced Smoking Cessation for High Risk Smokers

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

NCT04691297

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Early Phase 1 51 participants

Smoking Cessation Treatment for Head & Neck Cancer Patients

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT01098955

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 44 participants

Forward to Quit: A Person-centered Mobile Technology Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among Transgender Adults

University of Colorado, Denver

NCT07181551

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 8 participants

Acceptability of Mobile Applications (Apps) to Enhance Smoking Cessation in a Clinical Tobacco Treatment Program - A Pilot Study

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05038852

COMPLETED NA 6,006 participants

Randomized Clinical Trial to Reduce Harm From Tobacco

University of Pennsylvania

NCT02328794

COMPLETED 3,070 participants

Young Adult Smoker's Treatment Demand

University of Illinois at Chicago

NCT01569529

COMPLETED NA 2,826 participants

Latinos Kick Buts: Mobile Engagement and Cessation Support for Latinos Who Smoke

University of Rochester

NCT05722132

COMPLETED Phase 3 2,000 participants

A 52-Week Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Varenicline for the Maintenance of Smoking Cessation

Pfizer

NCT00143286

COMPLETED NA 1,944 participants

Helping Poor Smokers Quit

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT03194958

COMPLETED NA 1,900 participants

Facilitating Implementation of the PHS Smoking Cessation Guidelines - RESET

US Department of Veterans Affairs

NCT00057070

COMPLETED Phase 4 1,528 participants

Dissemination of Tobacco Tactics for Hospitalized Smokers

University of Michigan

NCT01309217

COMPLETED NA 1,417 participants

Spanish-Language Smoking Cessation Trial

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT02945787

COMPLETED NA 1,298 participants

Evaluating a Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Program Among People in the Military (The AFIII Study)

University of Tennessee

NCT00632411

COMPLETED NA 1,280 participants

Expert System and Family Assisted Interventions for Chinese Smokers

University of California, San Francisco

NCT00714467

COMPLETED NA 1,236 participants

A Test of Short and Long Term Naturalistic Outcomes of Smokers Who Sample Smokeless Tobacco

Medical University of South Carolina

NCT01509586

COMPLETED Phase 4 1,086 participants

A Comparative Effectiveness & Long Term Health Study in Wisconsin Smokers

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT01553084

COMPLETED Phase 4 987 participants

Improving the Population-Wide Effectiveness of U.S. Tobacco Cessation Quitlines

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT01087905

COMPLETED Phase 2 980 participants

Twitter-enabled Mobile Messaging for Smoking Relapse Prevention (Tweet2Quit)

University of California, Irvine

NCT02823028

COMPLETED NA 961 participants

Computer-Facilitated 5A's for Smoking Cessation in Primary Care

University of California, San Francisco

NCT02046408

COMPLETED Phase 4 822 participants

Genetically Informed Smoking Cessation Trial

Washington University School of Medicine

NCT02351167

COMPLETED Phase 3 750 participants

Disease Management for Smoking Cessation

University of Kansas Medical Center

NCT00440115

COMPLETED Phase 3 730 participants

An Open Label Study That Compares Varenicline to Transdermal Nicotine Patch for Smoking Cessation

Pfizer

NCT00143325

COMPLETED Phase 3 714 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline in Smokers With Cardiovascular Disease Who Wish to Quit Smoking

Pfizer

NCT00282984

COMPLETED Phase 4 659 participants

Randomized Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Varenicline Tartrate to Placebo in Smoking Cessation When Subjects Are Allowed to Set Their Own Quit Date

Pfizer

NCT00691483

COMPLETED Phase 2 646 participants

Pharmacogenetics, Emotional Reactivity and Smoking

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00507728

COMPLETED Phase 3 641 participants

Combining Varenicline and Bupropion for Smoking Cessation

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT00943618

COMPLETED NA 633 participants

Connect to Quit for Smoking

University of Pittsburgh

NCT01299896

COMPLETED Phase 3 606 participants

Evaluation of a Tailored Smoking Cessation Treatment Algorithm Based on Initial Treatment Response and Genotype

Duke University

NCT00894166

COMPLETED Phase 4 517 participants

Identifying Treatments to Motivate Smokers to Quit

University of Wisconsin, Madison

NCT01122238

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 15
Phase 2 15
Phase 3 14
Phase 4 19

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Smoking Cessation records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Varenicline Drug
15 trials
Nicotine patch Drug
9 trials
Placebo Drug
7 trials
Bupropion Drug
6 trials
Nicotine Patch Drug
6 trials
Counseling Behavioral
5 trials
Nicotine lozenge Drug
4 trials
Smoking Cessation Counseling Behavioral
3 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Smoking Cessation trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 25 trials
New York 22 trials
Massachusetts 18 trials
Florida 15 trials
Texas 14 trials
South Carolina 14 trials
Minnesota 14 trials
North Carolina 13 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Smoking Cessation page

189 registered trials, 57 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Smoking Cessation condition card totals 189 registered trials; most-linked intervention Varenicline; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.