U.S., July 24 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07080788) titled 'Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk IV: Smoking Cessation and Pain' on July 03.

Brief Summary: The goal of this pilot study is to assess whether 4-weeks of verified smoking abstinence following financial incentive treatment for smoking cessation improves physiological markers of chronic pain risk in adult Native American smokers.

The main aims to answer are:

1. Determine study feasibility.

2. Obtain effect sizes for changes in pain amplification and pain inhibition in abstinent vs non-abstinent Native Americans.

3. Obtain effect sizes for variables in the conceptual model of the Native American smoking-pain relationship....