NCT06789692Recruiting
Reduce Tobacco Use in People Living With HIV in Switzerland
Reduce Tobacco Use in People Living With HIV in Switzerland: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Within the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this trial is to test the effectiveness of offering a menu of different tobacco smoking substitutional products (e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches, nicotine patches in addition to usual of care) for smokers in the SHCS (Swiss HIV Cohort Study) in achieving self-reported 7-day tobacco cigarette abstinence at 6 months.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 972 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 17 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 20 Feb 2025
- Primary completion date
- Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Diseases
- HIV
- NCT number
- NCT06789692
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 972
- From 20 Feb 2025 to the primary completion date, Dec 2027
- 7 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Currently using e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches or nicotine patches.
Other
- Pregnant women.
Who the study is looking for
- Signed informed consent for the data collection and participation in the SHCS (Cohort consent).
- Signed informed consent to be randomized to future interventions (Randomization consent).
- Age 18 years or older.
- Smoked one or more tobacco cigarettes per day (smoking status = yes) at the time of enrolment.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (7)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantonal Hospital Aarau Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aarau | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Basel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Basel | Switzerland | Completed |
| Inselspital Bern Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bern | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Geneva Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Geneva | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Lausanne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lausanne | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| Cantonal Hospital St Gallen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sankt Gallen | Switzerland | Recruiting |
| University Hospital Zurich Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zurich | Switzerland | Recruiting |
Related publications
- Acceptance and preferences for different nicotine substitute products to reduce tobacco smoking in people living with HIV: Results from an internal pilot study of a randomized trial.Tob Induc Dis · 2026 · PMID 42205972
- Offer of a menu of different nicotine substitute products to REduce Tobacco Use iN pEople living with HIV (RETUNE): a protocol for a pragmatic randomized trial within the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.Trials · 2026 · PMID 41952225
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