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NCT03979885 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment II

A NA study, sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles.

Active
Registry status
NA
Development phase
1,058
Enrollment target

NCT03979885: Active NA study, sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles.

NCT03979885 is a NA study that is active but no longer recruiting, run by University of California, Los Angeles. The registered enrollment target is 1,058 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (25% lower). According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03979885, a NA study, is active but no longer recruiting, sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles.

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING
Registry status
NA
Development phase
1,058 participants
Enrollment target

Study Summary

Financial incentives for motivating changes in health behavior, particularly for smoking and other morbid habits, are increasingly being tested by health insurers, employers, and government agencies. However, in using incentive programs for smoking cessation, key unanswered structural and theoretical questions remain regarding their effectiveness, acceptability to patients, and economic sustainability. This trial aims to advance the science and implementation of financial incentives for smoking cessation interventions among high-risk, hospitalized smokers. The investigators will pursue two specific aims: 1) comparing the impact of three approaches for smoking cessation on smoking abstinence, use of evidenced-based therapy, and quality of life and 2) comparing the short-term and long term return on investment of using goal directed and outcome-based financial incentives to promote smoking cessation.

Primary Outcome

Assessed by self-report questionnaire, and biochemically verified by salivary cotinine

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL Smoking cessation counseling (Quitline)
  • BEHAVIORAL Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (e.g, nicotine replacement therapy)
  • BEHAVIORAL Financial incentives for smoking cessation
  • BEHAVIORAL Financial incentives for use of evidence-based smoking cessation therapies

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 1,058 participants
Start Date 2020-01-06
Est. Completion 2027-06-30
Phase NA

What the registry record for NCT03979885 still lists

NCT03979885 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. Its 1,058 participants enrollment target places it among the larger protocols in the corpus, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (25% lower).

The record links to 0 conditions, and to 4 interventions - of which Smoking cessation counseling (Quitline) is the first listed.

NCT03979885 does not publish any study locations in the registry export this page uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03979885 about?

NCT03979885 is a clinical study titled "Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment II". Financial incentives for motivating changes in health behavior, particularly for smoking and other morbid habits, are increasingly being tested by health insurers, employers, and government agencies. However, in using incentive programs for smoking cessation, key unanswered structural and theoretica...

What is the current status of trial NCT03979885?

This trial is currently active not recruiting. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 1,058 participants. The study started on 2020-01-06. Estimated completion is 2027-06-30.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03979885?

The interventions under investigation include: Smoking cessation counseling (Quitline) (BEHAVIORAL), Smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (e.g, nicotine replacement therapy) (BEHAVIORAL), Financial incentives for smoking cessation (BEHAVIORAL), Financial incentives for use of evidence-based smoking cessation therapies (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03979885?

This trial is sponsored by University of California, Los Angeles, which has 897 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03979885's enrollment target sits among peer trials

1,058 98th of 2000 higher than 1,902 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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