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Can a phone app help smokers with HIV kick the habit?

NCT ID NCT04949464

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study is testing whether a smartphone app designed for people with HIV can help them quit smoking when combined with a lung cancer screening CT scan. About 100 participants will use the app and get a low-dose CT scan. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and helps people stop smoking.

What this could mean

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

Active substance
Positively Smoke Free - Mobile (smartphone app) and low-dose CT scan
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that combining a tailored smoking cessation app with lung cancer screening helps people with HIV quit smoking, potentially reducing their risk of lung cancer.
What could go wrong
This is a small feasibility study (100 participants) with no control group, so results may not be generalizable. Adherence to the app may be low, and quitting smoking is difficult even with support.

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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

About 100 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Mar 2023

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A research network

The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

45 to 80 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent document * HIV positive. Documentation of HIV-1 infection by means of any one of the following: * Documentation of HIV diagnosis in the medical record by a licensed health care provider; * Documentation of receipt of antiretroviral therapy (ART) (at least two different medications that do not constitute a prescription for pre-exposure prophylaxis \[PrEP\] or post-exposure prophylaxis \[PEP\]) by a licensed health care provider. Documentation may be a record of an ART prescription in the participant's medical record, a written prescription in the name of the participant for ART, or pill bottles for ART with a label showing the participant's name; * HIV-1 ribonucleic acid (RNA) detection by a licensed HIV-1 RNA assay demonstrating \> 1000 RNA copies/mL; * Any licensed HIV screening antibody and/or HIV antibody/antigen combination assay confirmed by a second licensed HIV assay such as a HIV-1 Western blot confirmation or HIV rapid multispot antibody differentiation assay. Note: The term "licensed" refers to a kit that has been certified or licensed by an oversight body within the participating country and validated internally (e.g., U.S. Food and Drug Administration \[FDA\]). WHO (World Health Organization) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines mandate that confirmation of the initial test result must use a test that is different from the one used for the initial assessment. A reactive initial rapid test should be confirmed by either another type of rapid assay or an E/CIA that is based on a different antigen preparation and/or different test principle (e.g., indirect versus competitive), or a Western blot or a plasma HIV-1 RNA viral load * Receiving antiretroviral therapy and CD4 count at least 200 cells/uL within 6 months of registration (due to increased risk of LDCT false positivity with CD4 count \< 200cells/uL) * Age 45-80 years. This age restriction reflects lung cancer risk and appropriateness for lung cancer screening; in epidemiologic studies lung cancer emerges 5-10 years earlier in PLWH, and therefore this is an appropriate risk group for screening. Although younger persons are likely to benefit more from smoking cessation as a lung cancer prevention measure, the risk/benefit ratio associated with lung cancer screening is unlikely to be optimal at ages \< 45 years for PLWH * Biochemically confirmed current smoker (exhaled carbon monoxide \[CO\] \>= 7 parts per million) * Meets United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria for LDCT (age 50-80 and \>= 20 pack-years smoking) or high-risk but not meeting USPSTF (age 45-49 and \>= 20 pack-years smoking) * Possession of a smartphone that can support Positively Smoke Free Mobile (PSF-M) (\> 95% of subjects had eligible phones in prior trials although researchers will include specific study screening questions assessing for adequate smartphone for the intervention) * Sufficient literacy; \>= 4 on the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine-Short Form (REALM-R) literacy scale Exclusion Criteria: * Receiving any other smoking cessation interventions currently or within the prior 30 days * Contraindication to nicotine replacement therapy * Pneumonia or serious lung infection in prior 12 weeks * Uncontrolled intercurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active major infection, malignant tumors (unless these tumors were: (a) completely resected basal cell or squamous cell skin carcinomas or (b) in-situ squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix or anus), or any other major uncontrolled comorbid condition that would limit life expectancy or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * History of lung cancer * Pregnant women are excluded from this study because computed tomography introduces radiation exposure and may have teratogenic effects * Women who are breastfeeding (the safety of nicotine replacement therapy has not been established with breastfeeding) * Received a chest computed tomography scan in the previous twelve months

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Conditions

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • George Washington University

    RECRUITING

    Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20052, United States

  • Moffitt Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • Montefiore Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    The Bronx, New York, 10461, United States

  • Mount Sinai Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Columbus, Ohio, 43221, United States

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States

  • UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    La Jolla, California, 92093, United States

  • University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    RECRUITING

    Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

  • Virginia Mason Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Weill Cornell Medicine - Cornell Clinical Trials Unit

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10010, United States

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