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Impact of Semaglutide on Tobacco Use and Related Health Behaviors
Led by University of Oklahoma · Updated on 2025-08-27
40
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
208 weeks
Total Duration
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What this Trial Is About
This pilot randomized trial will assess the impact of 12 weeks of semaglutide administration (vs placebo) on changes in: (i) tobacco use and related factors (nicotine craving, withdrawal, motivation to quit, etc.) and (ii) biological biomarkers of health (e.g., epigenetics, glucose variability via continuous glucose monitoring \[CGM\], etc.) in adult smokers with obesity (n = 40). We will integrate molecular biology procedures (e.g., epigenetics) to maximize internal validity with real-world smartphone-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA) surveys to maximize external validity
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Impact of Semaglutide on Tobacco Use and Related Health Behaviors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged 18 to 65 years
- Daily use of more than 2 cigarettes per day
- Meet criteria for obesity with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or higher
- No immediate desire to quit tobacco use according to clinical guidelines
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or bipolar disorder
- Psychiatric hospitalization in the past year
- Suicidal ideation in the past month or suicide attempt in the past year
- Severe depression or recent worsening of depression or anxiety symptoms
- Personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome
- Personal history of pancreatitis, type I or II diabetes, diabetic retinopathy, or gastroparesis
- Current use of nicotine replacement therapy or quit-smoking medications
- History of bariatric surgery
- Use of GLP-1 agonists or other weight-lowering or glucose-lowering medications in the past 6 months
- Unacceptable clinical lab results including creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dL, low eGFR, high triglycerides, abnormal liver enzymes, abnormal lipase, high A1C, or elevated glucose
- Significant gastrointestinal disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal malignancy, severe gastroparesis, or intestinal obstruction
- Allergy to semaglutide, its components, or other GLP-1 analogs
- Any other condition judged by investigators to interfere with study participation or safety
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Health Promotion Research Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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