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Tests tobacco substitute products for smokers living with HIV

Tests offering e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches or patches to adults with HIV who smoke.

Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Reduce Tobacco Use in People Living With HIV in Switzerland

Key facts

Where
Aarau, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Sankt Gallen, and Zurich, SwitzerlandSee the 7 sites

Where in Switzerland

  • Cantonal Hospital AarauAarau, SwitzerlandTaking people
  • University Hospital BaselBasel, SwitzerlandNo longer taking part
  • Inselspital BernBern, SwitzerlandTaking people
  • University Hospital GenevaGeneva, SwitzerlandTaking people
  • University Hospital LausanneLausanne, SwitzerlandTaking people
  • Cantonal Hospital St GallenSankt Gallen, SwitzerlandTaking people
  • University Hospital ZurichZurich, SwitzerlandTaking people

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Trial details

Who runs it
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Trial code
NCT06789692
Record updated
2 June 2026
Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less

Reduce Tobacco Use in People Living With HIV in Switzerland: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial Within the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

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.

Inclusion: 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.

Exclusion: Currently using e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches or nicotine patches; Pregnant women.

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT06789692