# Leveraging Community Pharmacists to Optimize Smoking Cessation Services for Rural Smokers in Appalachia

> **NCT05660525** · NA · RECRUITING · sponsor: **University of Virginia** · enrollment: 768 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Smoking Cessation
- Smoking, Cigarette
- Smoking Reduction
- Smoking
- Smoking, Tobacco
- Quitting Smoking

## Interventions

- **DRUG:** 4 weeks of Nicotine lozenge
- **DRUG:** 8 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch
- **BEHAVIORAL:** QuitAid
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Smokefree TXT
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Tobacco Quitline
- **DRUG:** 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch
- **DRUG:** 8 Weeks Nicotine Lozenge

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05660525
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Virginia
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2024-03-06
- **Primary completion:** 2027-05-31
- **Final completion:** 2028-03-01
- **Target enrollment:** 768 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-20


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05660525

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05660525, "Leveraging Community Pharmacists to Optimize Smoking Cessation Services for Rural Smokers in Appalachia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05660525. Licensed CC0.

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