Recruiting

Behavior Modification

Sponsor:

AIDS Malignancy Consortium

Code:

NCT04949464

Conditions

HIV Infection

Tobacco-Related Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Computed Tomography

Smoking Cessation Intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

This clinical trial evaluates the usefulness of using a smartphone-based HIV-specific smoking cessation intervention at the time of lung cancer screening in helping people living with HIV quit smoking. Positively Smoke Free - Mobile may help patients with HIV quit smoking.

Conditions

HIV Infection

Tobacco-Related Carcinoma

Study ID

NCT04949464

Start date

Mar 22, 2023

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 45 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Prevention (smoking cessation, nicotine replacement, LDCT)

Patients use the smartphone application, Positively Smoke Free - Mobile, for 42 days. Patients also receive nicotine replacement therapy for 12 weeks. Within 60 days of study registration, patients undergo LDCT.

Interventions

Computed Tomography

Undergo LDCT

Smoking Cessation Intervention

Use Positively Smoke Free - Mobile

Primary outcome measure

  • Rate of adherence to Positively Smoke Free - Mobile (PSF-M) [ Time Frame: Up to 42 days ]
  • Number of participants who complete the low dose chest CT scan within 60 days of enrollment [ Time Frame: Within 60 days of study registration ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center

Recruiting

La Jolla, California, United States, 92093

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Erin Reid, MD

George Washington University

Recruiting

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

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Maria Elena Ruiz, MD

Moffitt Cancer Center

Recruiting

Tampa, Florida, United States, 33612

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Anna Coghill, MD

Washington University School of Medicine

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Lee Ratner, MD, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine - Cornell Clinical Trials Unit

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10010

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Grant Ellsworth, MD

Mount Sinai Hospital

Recruiting

New York, New York, United States, 10029

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Keith Sigel, MD

Montefiore Medical Center

Recruiting

The Bronx, New York, United States, 10461

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Balazs Halmos, MD

The Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43221

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Gretchan A McNally, MD

Thomas Jefferson University

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Julie Barta, MD

University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Edwin Ostrin, MD

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

David Aboulafia, MD

More Information

Sponsor

AIDS Malignancy Consortium

Last update posted

Aug 19, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by AIDS Malignancy Consortium on 2026-08-19.