RCT Opens: Culturally Aligned Digital Smoking Cessation Program Targets Persistent Disparities in American Indian Populations
247 Health News Editorial
·27 July 2026
·5 min read
·clinical-trialsA new randomised controlled trial from the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota is testing whether a culturally aligned digital smoking cessation program can improve quit rates among American Indian adults, a population that bears a disproportionate burden of tobacco-related disease. The fully remote trial enrolls 416 participants and uses biochemically confirmed abstinence as its primary endpoint. Clinicians working with Indigenous communities should take note of this landmark equity-focused cessation research.
Originally reported by ClinicalTrials.gov
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