New digital quit program tested on 2,220 smokers
NCT ID NCT06806098
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This trial tests a digital program designed to help people quit tobacco. Over 2,200 participants will use the program or receive usual care. The main goal is to see if the program helps people stop using their primary tobacco product for at least 30 days.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Truth Initiative Digital Cessation Program (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective, accessible digital tool to help many people quit tobacco products.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug, so results depend on user engagement. The trial is ongoing and outcomes are self-reported, which may affect reliability.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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1,555 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Current tobacco use (past 30-day use of one or more of the following: cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, cigarillos, e-cigarettes, or oral nicotine products) * US residence * Active text message plan (phase 2 only) Exclusion Criteria: * Age 25 or above (phase 2 only)
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Truth Initiative
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20001, United States
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