New program aims to help hospitalized smokers kick the habit for good
NCT ID NCT05733767
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a personalized smoking cessation program for smokers admitted to the hospital with heart or lung disease. Participants receive tailored medication, counseling, and text message support to help them quit and stay smoke-free. The goal is to see if this approach leads to more people using effective quit-smoking medicines and actually stopping smoking long-term.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- smoking cessation pharmacotherapy (varenicline or nicotine patch plus lozenge/gum/inhaler)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a proven, cost-effective way to help hospitalized smokers with heart or lung disease quit for good, reducing relapse and improving health outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 2 trial with 424 participants at one hospital, so results may not apply to all smokers. The program relies on patient motivation and follow-up, which may be challenging.
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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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About 424 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
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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: * Admitted to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA with a cardiac or pulmonary disease diagnosis will be eligible to participate in this trial. * Patients who smoke cigarettes * Speak English We will include any patients with the following diagnoses or procedures from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA: * myocardial infarction * coronary artery bypass grafting surgery * heart valve surgery * percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) * acute coronary syndrome * heart failure * chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) * asthma exacerbation. Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude pregnant or nursing women, patients with current suicidal ideation, planned discharge to hospice or expected survival \<6 months, or concurrent use of daily smoked marijuana, because this can increase exhaled carbon monoxide levels, which would confound biochemical confirmation.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Baystate Medical Center
RECRUITINGSpringfield, Massachusetts, 01199, United States
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