Recruiting

Vaping Intervention

Sponsor:

Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Code:

NCT06196489

Conditions

E Cigarette Use

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

adapted vaping cessation intervention

Study Details

Brief summary:

The objective of this proposal is to adapt an evidence-based combustible tobacco counseling intervention following an evidence-based process to include e-cigarette use and update its components for emerging adults (EA).

1. Examine factors related to e-cigarette use, barriers to cessation, and facilitators of use of cessation services among an EA population.
2. Beta-test an initial version of the intervention, delivered via video telehealth and telephone, to examine usability and acceptability.

Conditions

E Cigarette Use

Study ID

NCT06196489

Start date

Jan 1, 2024

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 30

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • daily e-cigarette user for at least the past 6 months
  • 18-30 years old
  • willing to enroll in a program to quit nicotine use within 30 days
  • owns smartphone or computer/tablet with camera and internet connectivity
  • English speaker

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ICD-10 diagnosis of dementia
  • current use of combustible tobacco products at least weekly

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: telephone

Participants assigned to this group will receive the adapted intervention by telephone.

experimental: Video

Participants assigned to this group will receive the adapted intervention by video telehealth.

Interventions

adapted vaping cessation intervention

Behavioral intervention for vaping cessation

Primary outcome measure

  • e-cigarette use frequency [ Time Frame: end of treatment (8 weeks post-baseline) and 30 days thereafter ]
  • e-cigarette use quantity [ Time Frame: end of treatment (8 weeks post-baseline) and 30 days thereafter ]
  • Client Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ-8) [ Time Frame: end of treatment (8 weeks post-baseline) and 30 days thereafter ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Neal M Doran, PhD

858-552-8585neal.doran@va.gov

Locations

Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Recruiting

San Diego, California, United States, 92161

Contacts

Neal Doran

858-552-8585neal.doran@va.gov

Principal Investigator:

Neal M Doran, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Veterans Medical Research Foundation

Last update posted

Jan 8, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Keywords

  • Veteran
  • e-cigarette
  • vaping
  • young adult

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Veterans Medical Research Foundation on 2026-01-08.