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SKY Pilot

Acute Effects of Cigarette Packaging and Charcoal Filtration on Perceptions, Use Behaviors, and Harm Exposure

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Qué se está evaluando

Charcoal-filtered cigarette

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Quiénes están siendo reclutados

De 21 a 60 años
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Cómo está diseñado el estudio

Estudio de Prevención

Intervencional
Inicio del estudio: marzo de 2022
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Resumen

Patrocinador PrincipalAbramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Última actualización: 13 de diciembre de 2025
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Fecha de inicio: 10 de marzo de 2022Fecha en la que se inscribió al primer participante.

We will recruit 40 adult daily, non-menthol smokers to a single 2-hr laboratory study where they will smoke two study-provided \[commercially available\] cigarettes, each for a 10-min ad lib period, and then complete product perception and use measures. Smoking sessions will be video recorded and scored to capture puffing behavior, and carbon monoxide (CO) assessments will be collected before and after smoking to assess changes in acute smoke exposure. We will use a 2 x 2 mixed factorial design to manipulate the study-provided cigarette's packaging (between subject factor: light colored 'Sky' package vs. black NAS package; both industry-made) and filter type (within-subject factor: charcoal filter vs. non-charcoal filter; cigarettes will appear identical despite differences in filter composition). Primary outcomes will be product perceptions (risk perceptions, subjective ratings), use behaviors (puffing behavior and purchase task), and acute toxicant exposure (changes in CO).

Título OficialAcute Effects of Cigarette Packaging and Charcoal Filtration on Perceptions, Use Behaviors, and Harm Exposure 
NCT05157048
Patrocinador PrincipalAbramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
Última actualización: 13 de diciembre de 2025
Extraido de una base de datos validada por el gobierno.Reclamar como socio

Protocolo

Esta sección proporciona detalles del plan del estudio, incluyendo cómo está diseñado y qué se está evaluando.
Detalles del Diseño
Se reclutarán 42 pacientesNúmero total de participantes que el ensayo clínico espera reclutar.
Estudio de Prevención
Los estudios de prevención buscan evitar que se desarrolle una enfermedad. A menudo incluyen a personas en riesgo y evalúan vacunas, cambios en el estilo de vida o medicamentos preventivos.

Cómo se asignan los participantes a diferentes grupos/brazos
En este estudio clínico, los participantes se colocan en grupos de forma aleatoria, como si se lanzara una moneda. Esto garantiza que el estudio sea justo e imparcial, lo que hace que los resultados sean más confiables. Al asignar a los participantes al azar, los investigadores pueden comparar mejor los tratamientos sin influencias externas.

Otras formas de asignar participantes
Asignación no aleatoria
: Los participantes se asignan en función de factores específicos, como su condición médica o la decisión de un médico.

Ninguna (ensayo de un solo brazo)
: Si el estudio tiene un solo grupo, todos los participantes reciben el mismo tratamiento y no se necesita asignación.

Cómo se administran los tratamientos a los participantes
Los participantes reciben diferentes combinaciones de tratamientos para evaluar cómo funcionan juntos. Este enfoque ayuda a determinar si una combinación es más efectiva que un tratamiento individual.

Otras formas de asignar tratamientos
Asignación a un solo grupo
: Todos reciben el mismo tratamiento.

Asignación paralela
: Los participantes se dividen en grupos separados, y cada grupo recibe un tratamiento diferente.

Asignación cruzada
: Los participantes cambian de tratamiento durante el estudio.

Asignación secuencial
: Los participantes reciben tratamientos uno tras otro en un orden específico, posiblemente según su respuesta individual.

Otra asignación
: La asignación de tratamientos no sigue un diseño estándar o predefinido.

Cómo se controla la efectividad del tratamiento
En un estudio no controlado con placebo, ningún participante recibe una sustancia inerte (placebo) para comparar los resultados. En su lugar, todos los participantes reciben el tratamiento experimental o una alternativa activa (a menudo el tratamiento estándar). Este método permite comparar los efectos del tratamiento experimental con los de otra intervención activa, en lugar de un placebo.

Otras opciones
Controlado con placebo
: Se utiliza un placebo para comparar los efectos del tratamiento experimental con los de una sustancia inerte, aislando así el efecto real del tratamiento.

Cómo se mantiene la confidencialidad de las intervenciones asignadas a los participantes
Los participantes no saben qué tratamiento están recibiendo, pero los investigadores sí. Esto ayuda a evitar sesgos derivados de las expectativas de los participantes, mientras permite a los investigadores monitorear de cerca el estudio.

Otras formas de enmascarar la información
Abierto
: Todos saben qué tratamiento se está administrando.

Doble ciego
: Ni los participantes ni los investigadores saben qué tratamiento se está administrando.

Triple ciego
: Participantes, investigadores y evaluadores de resultados no saben qué tratamiento se está administrando.

Cuádruple ciego
: Participantes, investigadores, evaluadores de resultados y personal de atención no saben qué tratamiento se está administrando.

Elegibilidad

Los investigadores buscan pacientes que cumplan ciertos criterios, conocidos como criterios de elegibilidad: estado general de salud o tratamientos previos.
Criterios
Cualquier sexoSexo biológico de los participantes elegibles para inscribirse.
De 21 a 60 añosRango de edades de los participantes que pueden unirse al estudio.
Voluntarios sanos permitidosIndica si personas sanas, sin la condición que se estudia, pueden participar.
Criterios

Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female smokers who are between 21 and 60 years of age and self-report smoking at least 5 cigarettes per day for at least the past 12 months. * Smokers of primarily non-menthol cigarettes. * Not currently undergoing smoking cessation treatment or trying to quit. * Able to communicate fluently in English (speaking, writing, and reading). * Capable of giving written informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: Subjects who self-report and/or present with the following criteria will not be eligible to participate in the study: Smoking Behavior 1. Use of menthol cigarettes as preferred/regular brand (defined as using \>20% of the time). 2. Use of research cigarettes in the past 6 months (i.e., past 6-month participation in applicable previous CIRNA studies). 3. Enrollment or plans to enroll in a smoking cessation program in the next month. 4. Provide an initial Carbon Monoxide (CO) reading \< 5 parts per million (ppm). Alcohol/Drugs 1. History of substance abuse (other than nicotine) in the past 12 months and/or currently receiving medical treatment for substance abuse. 2. Current alcohol consumption that exceeds 25 standard drinks/week. Medical 1. Women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy, and/or lactating. 2. Any impairment including, but not limited to, visual, physical, and/or neurological impairments preventing the completion of procedures included within this protocol. Notable impairments will be evaluated by the PI and eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis. 3. Color blindness. 4. Serious or unstable disease within the past 12 months (e.g. heart disease, cancer). Applicable conditions will be evaluated by the Principal Investigator and eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Psychiatric As determined by self-report: 1. Lifetime history or current diagnosis of psychosis, bipolar disorder, and/or schizophrenia. 2. Current diagnosis of major depression. Subjects with a history of major depression, in remission for 6 months or longer, are considered eligible. Other Additionally, participants may be deemed ineligible for any of the following general reasons at any point throughout the study, as well as during the initial telephone screen, at the discretion of the PI: * Significant non-compliance with protocol and/or study design. * Past, current, anticipated, or pending enrollment in another research program over the study period that could potentially impact study data. * Any medical condition, illness, disorder, adverse event (AE), or concomitant medication that could compromise participant safety or significantly impact study performance.


Plan de Estudio

Conoce todos los tratamientos administrados en este estudio, su descripción detallada y en qué consisten.
Grupos de Tratamiento
Objetivos del Estudio
2 grupos de intervención 

están designados en este estudio

0% de probabilidad 

de ser asignado al grupo placebo

Grupos de Tratamiento
Grupo I
Experimental
Participants will be randomized to one of two pack color conditions: light or dark. Those in the dark pack color condition will be given Natural American Spirit Black packs.

Participants will smoke two visually identical cigarettes, one with a charcoal filter and one with a non-charcoal filter, in counterbalanced order. The charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Sky cigarette; the non-charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Orange cigarette.

Participants will smoke two visually identical cigarettes, one with a charcoal filter and one with a non-charcoal filter, in counterbalanced order. The charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Sky cigarette; the non-charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Orange cigarette.
Grupo II
Experimental
Participants will be randomized to one of two pack color conditions: light or dark. Those in the light pack color condition will be given Natural American Spirit Sky packs.

Participants will smoke two visually identical cigarettes, one with a charcoal filter and one with a non-charcoal filter, in counterbalanced order. The charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Sky cigarette; the non-charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Orange cigarette.

Participants will smoke two visually identical cigarettes, one with a charcoal filter and one with a non-charcoal filter, in counterbalanced order. The charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Sky cigarette; the non-charcoal filter cigarette will be a Natural American Spirit Orange cigarette.
Objetivos del Estudio
Objetivos Primarios

Smoking behaviors were assessed using video-scored measures of smoking topography (i.e., puffing behavior), including number of puffs taken, total puffing duration, and total interpuff interval (time between puffs). Briefly, research staff used a digital timestamp feature in an open-source video editing software to estimate start and end times for individual puffs based on various physical cues (e.g., inhaling, glowing cigarette tip), prioritizing overall puffing behaviors (e.g., multiple occurrences of tip glowing without removing the cigarette from the mouth \["stutter puffs"\] were treated as a single puff).

Smoking behaviors were assessed using video-scored measures of smoking topography (i.e., puffing behavior), including number of puffs taken, total puffing duration, and total interpuff interval (time between puffs). Briefly, research staff used a digital timestamp feature in an open-source video editing software to estimate start and end times for individual puffs based on various physical cues (e.g., inhaling, glowing cigarette tip), prioritizing overall puffing behaviors (e.g., multiple occurrences of tip glowing without removing the cigarette from the mouth \["stutter puffs"\] were treated as a single puff).

Smoking behaviors were assessed using video-scored measures of smoking topography (i.e., puffing behavior), including number of puffs taken, total puffing duration, and total interpuff interval (time between puffs). Briefly, research staff used a digital timestamp feature in an open-source video editing software to estimate start and end times for individual puffs based on various physical cues (e.g., inhaling, glowing cigarette tip), prioritizing overall puffing behaviors (e.g., multiple occurrences of tip glowing without removing the cigarette from the mouth \["stutter puffs"\] were treated as a single puff).

Risk beliefs were captured using an 8-item scale that asked participants to compare each study cigarette to 'regular' cigarettes on eight statements (i.e., "lower in nicotine", "lower in tar", "less addictive", "less likely to cause cancer", "has fewer chemicals", "is healthier", "makes smoking safer", "helps people quit smoking") using a 5-point response scale (1='definitely untrue', 5='definitely true'). Responses were scored dichotomously ("untrue" responses scored as correct; "unsure"/"true" responses scored as incorrect) and summed to create an overall beliefs measure. Thus, responses are possible on a scale of 0-8, with a score of 0 indicating no correct beliefs and 8 indicating the participant was correct on all belief items.

Perceived health risks were assessed using the mean of six items that asked participants to indicate on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = "very low risk", 7 = "very high risk") their risk of developing smoking-related health conditions (i.e., lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, emphysema, respiratory infections, and other cancers) from regular use of each study cigarette.

Subjective ratings were assessed with THE Cigarette Rating Scale, a 100 mm visual analog scale used by the tobacco industry and our laboratory to assess 14 characteristics; higher scores generally indicate more favorable ratings (e.g., taste: 0 = "bad," 100 = "good"). We examined mean scores from three subscales generated from these items to assess domains of product harshness, smoking satisfaction, and positive sensory experience. We also explored a fourth 'cleanliness' subscale created by averaging two exploratory items assessing "chemical vs. tobacco taste" and "dirty vs. clean body feeling" based on qualitative data from a related pilot study. All subscale scores have a range of 0-100, with higher scores generally indicative of more favorable ratings.

Subjective ratings were assessed with the Cigarette Rating Scale, a 100 mm visual analog scale used by the tobacco industry and our laboratory to assess 14 characteristics; higher scores generally indicate more favorable ratings (e.g., taste: 0 = "bad," 100 = "good"). We examined mean scores from three subscales generated from these items to assess domains of product harshness, smoking satisfaction, and positive sensory experience. We also explored a fourth 'cleanliness' subscale created by averaging two exploratory items assessing "chemical vs. tobacco taste" and "dirty vs. clean body feeling" based on qualitative data from a related pilot study. All subscale scores have a range of 0-100, with higher scores generally indicative of more favorable ratings.

Subjective ratings were assessed with the Cigarette Rating Scale, a 100 mm visual analog scale used by the tobacco industry and our laboratory to assess 14 characteristics; higher scores generally indicate more favorable ratings (e.g., taste: 0 = "bad," 100 = "good"). We examined mean scores from three subscales generated from these items to assess domains of product harshness, smoking satisfaction, and positive sensory experience. We also explored a fourth 'cleanliness' subscale created by averaging two exploratory items assessing "chemical vs. tobacco taste" and "dirty vs. clean body feeling" based on qualitative data from a related pilot study. All subscale scores have a range of 0-100, with higher scores generally indicative of more favorable ratings.

Subjective ratings were assessed with the Cigarette Rating Scale, a 100 mm visual analog scale used by the tobacco industry and our laboratory to assess 14 characteristics; higher scores generally indicate more favorable ratings (e.g., taste: 0 = "bad," 100 = "good"). We examined mean scores from three subscales generated from these items to assess domains of product harshness, smoking satisfaction, and positive sensory experience. We also explored a fourth 'cleanliness' subscale created by averaging two exploratory items assessing "chemical vs. tobacco taste" and "dirty vs. clean body feeling" based on qualitative data from a related pilot study. All subscale scores have a range of 0-100, with higher scores generally indicative of more favorable ratings.

CO will be measured in parts per million (ppm) using the Vitalograph BreathCO carbon monoxide monitor (Lenexa, KS) at the onset of the laboratory visit, as well as before and after each cigarette smoked. CO boost - the change in CO values resulting from smoking a cigarette - crudely estimates smoke exposure due to smoking an individual cigarette.
Objetivos Secundarios

A hypothetical cigarette purchase task, asked how many study cigarettes participants would purchase in a typical day across a range of escalating prices from free up to $1.45 per cigarette, chosen to reflect double the current median price of Natural American Spirit brands in the U.S. However, because 35-40% of participants failed to reach breakpoint (i.e., the price point at which consumption drops to 0), we report observed values for demand index of intensity (number of cigarettes consumed for free) only.

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Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, United StatesVer ubicación

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