Cash for quitting: Family-Based incentives aim to help alaska natives kick the habit
NCT ID NCT06556433
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether offering financial rewards to Alaska Native adults and their family members helps them quit smoking. About 1,312 participants will be randomly assigned to receive the family-based incentive program or standard support. Success is measured by a saliva test at 6 and 12 months to confirm they have stopped smoking.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 1,312 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Index Participant Inclusion Criteria: * Alaska Native/American Indian (ANAI) person (based on self-reported race) and reside in Alaska. * Age ≥18 years. * Self-report smoking in the past 7 days, biochemically verified with saliva cotinine ≥ 30 ng/mL (positive result based on at-home saliva swab test provided by study team). * Smoked ≥ 3 cigarettes per day over the past 3 months. * Considering or willing to make a quit attempt. * Have or will nominate one adult family member to enroll with them. * Own or have access to a mobile phone or tablet with Internet and text messaging capabilities, or will be loaned an iPad for the study duration * Willing to upload photos of self during completion of smoking status tests. * Willing to complete and sign an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) W-9 tax identification form if they wish to receive payments on the study. * Willing to provide written informed consent and participate in study-related tests and procedures. Index Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Already enrolled in the study with another family member. * Participated in a prior study phase. Family Member Participant Inclusion Criteria (regardless of smoking status or residence with the index participant): * Age ≥18 years. * Defined as family and nominated by the index participant, or have an ANAI family member who is ≥18 years and smokes that they would like to support in quitting. * Own or have access to a mobile phone or tablet with Internet and text messaging capabilities, or will be loaned an iPad for the study duration. * Willing to complete and sign an IRS W-9 tax identification form if they wish to receive payments on the study. * Willing to provide written informed consent and participate in study related tests and procedures. Both men and women, those from non-ANAI racial/ethnic groups, and those who live outside of Alaska in the United States will be eligible family member participants. Family Member Participant Exclusion Criteria: * Already enrolled with another family member. * Participated in a prior study phase. After the randomized controlled trial, qualitative interviews will be conducted with index participants, family member participants, and Alaska Tribal Health System Stakeholders to inform program implementation. Healthcare providers, cessation specialists, Elder advisors, and Tribal Health System leaders and stakeholders will be invited by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium team and separately consented and interviewed.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
RECRUITINGAnchorage, Alaska, 99508, United States
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