Electronic Cigarettes as a Harm Reduction Strategy Among People With Opioid Use Disorder on Buprenorphine

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21+
SponsorPrisma Health-Upstate

About this trial

This project aims to investigate the impact of e-cigarette flavors and usage patterns on achieving harm-reduction milestones in a sample of cigarette smokers with opioid use disorder who are taking buprenorphine

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age ≥21 years

Smoke ≥5 CPD for ≥1 year

Daily CC smoker

Willing to switch to EC

Disqualifiers

Interested in quitting CC (contemplation stage of change)

Use of EC on ≥4 of the past 30 days

Use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigars, smokeless tobacco) on ≥9 days of the past 30 days

Use of nicotine replacement therapy, smoking cessation medication, or a cessation attempt in the past 30 days

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Brief individual counseling sessions

Treatment groups

90 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Prisma Health-Upstate

Lead sponsor

Clemson University

Sponsor institution

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator