Tobacco-Focused Patient Navigation to Address Barriers to Utilization of Community-Based Smoking Cessation Services in Primary Care

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center2 sites in 1 country16 target enrollmentApril 2011

ConditionsMinority Smokers

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Minority Smokers
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Enrollment: 16
Locations: 2
Primary Endpoint: patient navigation (TPN) feasibility
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 4 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Patient navigators have been shown to assist people seeking cancer screening and other medical services. The purpose of this study is to see whether a patient navigator can link smokers to available community resources shown to help smokers quit smoking.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

April 2011

End Date

July 20, 2021

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Age ≥ 18 years
•Self-reported current daily smoker, as verified with a portable alveolar carbon monoxide (CO) analyzer (24 hour point prevalence); CO levels ≥ 8 ppm.
•English and/or Spanish-speaking
•Referred to the navigation program by their primary care clinician
•At baseline, participants report at least thinking about quitting (i.e., Contemplation or Preparation stages of readiness to quit).

Exclusion Criteria

•Serious, untreated psychiatric illness (e.g., schizophrenia,) or active substance abuse likely to preclude adherence to the protocol

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

patient navigation (TPN) feasibility

Time Frame: 1 year

To evaluate the study's potential in terms of its reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance (RE-AIM) of the intervention, tobacco-dependent patients will be asked to complete an intake interview and a telephone follow-up interview (at 3 to 6 months post-intervention).