Clinical trialNCT02781090CompletedInterventional

RCT of an Internet Cessation Program Plus Online Social Network for HIV+ Smokers

SponsorMontefiore Medical CenterEnrollment512HIVTobacco Use Disorder

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Summary

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This trial will compare the efficacy of Positively Smoke Free on the Web+ (a smoking cessation program + social network for HIV-infected smokers) to the American Heart Association Getting Healthy website in promoting abstinence in a group of HIV-infected smokers. All participants will be offered a three-month supply of nicotine patches.

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Investigators

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Jonathan Shuter, MD
Montefiore Medical Center
Principal Investigator
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Sites

2 registered facilities, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, United States

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Drugs studied

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Nicotine

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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 6 Jul 2016
Primary completion: 14 Sept 2020
Completion: 14 Sept 2020
Last update posted: 4 Aug 2023
Registered enrollment: 512
Registry id: NCT02781090

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