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Proactive pharmacist calls could help HIV patients kick the habit

NCT ID NCT05019495

Disease control Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests a proactive approach to help people living with HIV quit smoking. A pharmacist calls participants, offers counseling, and sends cessation medication unless they opt out. The goal is to see if this method works better than standard care. The trial involves 231 adult smokers with HIV.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Proactive pharmacist counseling and medication opt-out program
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide an effective way to help people with HIV quit smoking, reducing their risk of smoking-related diseases.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention trial, not a drug test. Results depend on patient engagement, and the study is relatively small (231 participants).

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 231 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Dec 2021

Expected to finish

Feb 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

21 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 21 and older * Current diagnosis of HIV * Current smoker (defined as self-report of current smoking) * Willing to be randomized * English speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Currently taking part in any other tobacco treatment program or using cessation medication (i.e., taking nicotine replacement therapy or other cessation medications, enrolled in the Quitline, or in another study) * Currently imprisoned * Pregnant women * Non-English speaking persons

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

AIDS Cigarette Smoking HIV infectious disease nicotine dependence Smoking

As listed by the trial registrant

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HIV Smoking, cigarette

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

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