New program helps smokers with mental illness kick the habit
NCT ID NCT04988477
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a program to help people with mental illness quit smoking. The program included brief advice from their mental health provider and phone calls offering support. Researchers enrolled 94 daily smokers from community mental health centers and measured how many quit smoking over a year. The goal was to see if this approach is practical and acceptable.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention (provider counseling and outreach calls)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help more people with mental illness quit smoking by integrating support into their routine care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study (94 participants) focused on feasibility, not on proving the program works. Results may not apply to other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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94 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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Jan 2023
- 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: * daily cigarettes smokers (smoking \>25 days/month) * English speaking * patient in one of the two community mental health center study sites. Exclusion Criteria: * cognitive impairment * judged by community mental health center staff as unable to participate in research * no access to a telephone * no mailing address.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55415, United States
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