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title: Improving Nicotine Patch Adherence Among Latino HIV-Positive Smokers
nct_id: NCT02190643
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: NA
sponsor: RAND
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Smoking
countries: United States
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/agent/trials/NCT02190643.md"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02190643"
ct_last_update_post_date: 2016-04-06
last_seen_at: "2026-05-12T07:34:32.385Z"
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# Improving Nicotine Patch Adherence Among Latino HIV-Positive Smokers

**NCT ID:** [NCT02190643](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02190643)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 40
- **Lead Sponsor:** RAND
- **Conditions:** Smoking
- **Start Date:** 2013-04
- **Completion Date:** 2016-03
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2016-04-06

## Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate a smoking cessation program for Latino HIV-positive smokers focused on improving adherence to using the nicotine skin patch.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** No

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Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years or older
* Latino
* HIV positive
* current, daily smoker
* ready to set quit date in next 30 days
* willing to try the nicotine patch

Exclusion Criteria:

* suffering from any medical condition which would prevent using the nicotine patch
* currently using other tobacco products or e-cigarettes
* currently receiving counseling or medication to quit or reduce smoking
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## Arms

- **Adherence condition** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Brief smoking cessation counseling session (based on 5 A's approach) that includes a module focused on improving adherence to using the nicotine patch, plus 8-week supply of nicotine patches.
- **Standard condition** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — Brief smoking cessation counseling session (based on 5 A's approach) that does not include a module focused on improving nicotine patch adherence, plus 8-week supply of nicotine patches.

## Interventions

- **Cessation counseling with adherence focus** (BEHAVIORAL)
- **Cessation counseling without adherence focus** (BEHAVIORAL)

## Primary Outcomes

- **Continuous abstinence** _(time frame: 3 months post-quit date)_ — No smoking from the target quit date through the 3-month follow-up
- **biochemically-verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence** _(time frame: 3 months post-quit date)_ — No smoking in the 7 prior days

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Nicotine patch adherence** _(time frame: 3 months post-quit date)_

## Locations (1)

- Bienestar Human Services Inc, Los Angeles, California, United States

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