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Can stronger vape juice help you kick the habit?

NCT ID NCT04725656

Disease control Sponsor: Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Recruiting now
This trial is taking on new participants right now.
Not yet recruiting
Registered, but not yet taking participants.
By invitation only
Not open to general applications. Only people the study team invites can take part.
Paused
Paused for now. It may or may not start again.
Ongoing
Running, but no longer taking on new participants.
Completed This study
The trial has finished. Results may not be published yet.
Stopped early
Stopped early, before it reached the end. That can be for many reasons, including safety.
Cancelled
Cancelled before anyone took part.

Expanded access (not trials)

Expanded access
Not a trial. This treatment can be requested outside a study, case by case, for people who qualify.
Expanded access (paused)
Not a trial. The treatment can normally be requested outside a study, but is unavailable right now.
Expanded access (ended)
Not a trial. The treatment could once be requested outside a study, but no longer can.
Approved
The treatment has been approved, so it is available normally rather than through this programme.

When the status isn't known

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Status unknown
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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study tests whether the nicotine concentration in vape pods affects how well smokers can quit. 312 adult smokers who want to quit will use either low or high nicotine salt e-liquids for three months, plus receive counseling. The goal is to see if higher nicotine levels lead to more people staying smoke-free.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
nicotine salt e-liquids
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that higher nicotine concentrations in vape pods help smokers quit more effectively than lower ones.
What could go wrong
This is a mid-sized trial without a placebo control for the active arms, and results may not apply to all smokers. Vaping still carries health risks.

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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

125 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Jan 2024

Finished

Aug 2026

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

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult (≥ 18 years old) smokers (at least 5 TC per day for at least 12 months) * Motivated to quit smoking as evidenced by signing the informed consent form at trial enrolment specifying that a target quit date will be set * Exhaled CO ≥ 10 ppm or saliva cotinine of \> 30 ng/ml (in case of borderline CO measurement of 6-10 ppm) at screening * Willing to participate in the trial even if allocated to the control group * Ability to communicate well with the investigator and to understand and comply with the requirements of the study * Signed informed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Known hypersensitivity/allergy to a content of the e-liquid * Pregnancy or breast feeding * Intention to become pregnant during the course of the study * Current regular use of EC or tobacco heating systems * Use of NRT, varenicline, or bupropion in the month prior to the screening visit * People who smoke tobacco combined with marijuana and do not currently want to quit marijuana use * Participation in an interventional trial within 30 days prior to the screening visit * Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity at screening * Any circumstances or conditions, which, in the opinion of the investigator, may affect full participation in the study or compliance with the protocol

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

nicotine dependence Smoking Cessation Vaping

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Smoking cessation VAPING

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Inselspital

    Bern, Switzerland

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