Stop Smoking Services

Clinical Trials

Below is a list of Stop Smoking Services clinical trials from the clinical trials database at Mayo Clinic.

Mayo's clinical trials include experimental treatments, often unavailable elsewhere, which frequently lead to improved patient care for people worldwide. Patients should ask their doctor at Mayo about clinical trials appropriate for their situation.

Decision Aid Development for Smokers
A decision aid tool will be developed using participatory research approach. The decision aid will be targeted to cigarette smokers scheduled for elective surgery.
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Highdose Nicotine Patch Therapy for Smokeless Tobacco Use
Approximately 8.2 million (3.3%) of Americans ≥ 12 years of age are current smokeless tobacco (ST) users, and the prevalence of ST use has increased over the past three years. ST is increasingly being promoted as a harm reduction strategy for cigarette smoking, and two of the world's largest cigarette manufacturers have entered the ST market.
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Preoperative Nicotine Lozenges
Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) helps patients maintain prolonged abstinence; whether it might also be efficacious in helping smokers maintain preoperative "fasting" from smoking is not known. The goal of this study is to determine how to best decrease smokers' exposure to cigarette smoke immediately before surgery.
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Smoking Cessation for Young Adults Who Binge Drink - 1
The primary aim of this pilot investigation is to develop and evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a novel tobacco dependence intervention that includes a component to eliminate binge drinking. This study will also estimate the magnitude of the effect of the novel intervention on the cigarette smoking behavior of young adult college student smokers.
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