# A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives, Text Messaging, and Usual Care for Homeless Smokers

> **NCT02565381** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Massachusetts General Hospital** · enrollment: 83 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Smoking

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** Transdermal nicotine patch
- **BEHAVIORAL:** In-person smoking cessation counseling
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Contingent financial rewards for smoking abstinence
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Text messages to support smoking abstinence

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02565381
- **Lead sponsor:** Massachusetts General Hospital
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2015-10
- **Primary completion:** 2016-06
- **Final completion:** 2016-08
- **Target enrollment:** 83 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-07-14

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02565381

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02565381, "A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Financial Incentives, Text Messaging, and Usual Care for Homeless Smokers". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02565381. Licensed CC0.

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