Can a smartphone app help african americans quit smoking? new study investigates.
NCT ID NCT05188287
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aims to understand what makes it easier or harder for African American smokers to use a smartphone app designed to help them quit. Researchers will first get feedback from a small group to improve the app, then test it with 30 people who want to quit. The app sends reminders to move, offers rewards for not smoking, and provides culturally tailored tips.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Feb 2025
- Expected to finish
-
Jul 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Study Inclusion Criteria * Must be 18 years of age or older * Must identify as Black/African-American * Must smoke at least 5 cigarettes or cigarette equivalents per day (i.e., cigarettes, cigars, and cigarillos) * Must be willing to use NRT, a smartphone watch and app, and a smoking cessation counselor to help them quit smoking * Must be willing to quit smoking within the next 3 weeks * Must have a CO level of \>6 ppm at app activation. * Are not currently active, defined as engaging in less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity (e.g., brisk walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity (e.g., running or jogging) each week? Study Exclusion Criteria * Does not give permission to administer screening survey * Does not understand or speak English * Is not a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident * Does not use tobacco products * Does not want to provide SSN, residency status, or OUHSC employee status * Is not willing to abstain from smoking marijuana or cannabis during their quit attempt * Is not willing to upload a picture of their tobacco product * Is not ready to quit smoking as defined by scoring 4 or lower on the readiness to quit ladder * Has a medical condition that prevents the use of NRT without approval from a healthcare provider * Has had a serious allergic reaction or side effect from the use of NRT * Does not give permission to collect contact information * Must not be currently active, defined as engaging in less than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity (e.g., brisk walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity (e.g., running or jogging) each week.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Smoking cessation are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
TSET Health Promotion Research Center
RECRUITINGOklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73118, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Texts and wearables team up to help latinos quit smoking and get moving
- Can an AI chatbot help cancer patients kick the habit?
- Does the clock matter? scientists randomize when Quit-Smoking chatbots ping you
- Can a WhatsApp message help smokers quit?
- Can a brain scan tailor TMS to quiet cigarette cravings?
- Practice quitting: a new way to help smokers who Aren't ready to stop?