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NCT02587312 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Evaluation of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Adolescent Smokers

A NA study, sponsored by Brown University.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
70
Enrollment target

NCT02587312: Completed NA study, sponsored by Brown University.

NCT02587312 is a NA study that has completed, run by Brown University. The registered enrollment target is 70 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT02587312, a NA study, has completed, sponsored by Brown University.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
70 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how reducing the level of nicotine in cigarettes may affect adolescent smoking behavior. In this study, the researchers will randomize adolescent (age 15-19) daily smokers to either receive VLNC cigarettes or normal-nicotine content (NNC) study cigarettes for three weeks following a one-week usual-brand baseline period. Participants will be instructed to smoke only those cigarettes. The researchers will conduct daily assessments of total cigarette use (both study cigarette and non-compliant use of usual brand cigarettes), craving, and withdrawal, weekly assessments of breath carbon monoxide (CO) levels, cigarette acceptability, risk perceptions of VLNC and NNC cigarettes and demand for usual-brand cigarettes, and pre- vs. post-use measures of nicotine and toxicant exposure. Overall, the project will help determine how VLNC cigarettes may affect real-world smoking behavior in adolescents, and illuminate the potential mechanisms through which these products may effect such changes. Such knowledge will contribute to the science base that may inform future policy decisions.

Interventions

  • OTHER Very low nicotine content cigarettes
  • OTHER Standard nicotine content cigarettes

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 70 participants
Start Date 2016-10-13
Est. Completion 2019-08-31
Phase NA
Brown University

231 total trials

What the finished NCT02587312 record still lists

NCT02587312 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 70 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (95% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 2 interventions - of which Very low nicotine content cigarettes is the first listed.

NCT02587312 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT02587312 about?

NCT02587312 is a clinical study titled "Evaluation of Very Low Nicotine Content Cigarettes in Adolescent Smokers". The purpose of this study is to determine how reducing the level of nicotine in cigarettes may affect adolescent smoking behavior. In this study, the researchers will randomize adolescent (age 15-19) daily smokers to either receive VLNC cigarettes or normal-nicotine content (NNC) study cigarettes fo...

What is the current status of trial NCT02587312?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 70 participants. The study started on 2016-10-13. Estimated completion is 2019-08-31.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT02587312?

The interventions under investigation include: Very low nicotine content cigarettes (OTHER), Standard nicotine content cigarettes (OTHER).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT02587312?

This trial is sponsored by Brown University, which has 231 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT02587312's enrollment target sits among peer trials

70 1103rd of 2000 higher than 868 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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