Texts and patches aim to help HIV patients kick the habit
NCT ID NCT05746442
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a program that sends personalized text messages and provides nicotine patches to help people with HIV in Cambodia stop smoking. Researchers will enroll 800 smokers and check if they quit after 6 months using self-reports and breath tests. The goal is to find a practical way to reduce smoking-related health risks in this group.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nicotine patch
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective, scalable way to help people with HIV quit smoking, improving their overall health.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral intervention trial, not a drug cure. Success depends on participants' motivation and adherence, and results may not apply to other populations.
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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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About 800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * 1\) being aged ≥18 years * 2\) being HIV-positive * 3\) self-reporting as a current combustible cigarette smoker (smoked ≥100 cigarettes in lifetime and currently smoke ≥1 cigarettes/day) * 4\) willing to set a date for a quit attempt within 2 weeks of study enrollment * 5\) being able to provide written informed consent to participate * 6\) being able to read Khmer (score ≥4 points on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form Exclusion Criteria: * 1\) history of a medical condition that precludes use of nicotine replacement therapy * 2\) physician/clinician deemed ineligible to participate based on medical or psychiatric condition * 3\) enrolled in another cessation program or use of other cessation medications.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National AIDS Authority
RECRUITINGPhnom Penh, Cambodia
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National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD
RECRUITINGPhnom Penh, Cambodia
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National Institute of Public Health
RECRUITINGPhnom Penh, Cambodia
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