Feasibility of Tobacco Assessment and Intervention With Low-Income Persons Living With HIV-AIDS (PLWHA) in Community-Based AIDS Service Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center1 site in 1 country65 target enrollmentNovember 22, 2011

ConditionsTobacco Cessation HIV AIDS

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Tobacco Cessation
Sponsor: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Enrollment: 65
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Feasibility of a motivational tobacco cessation intervention
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 6 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

"A treatment session especially for PLWHA to help them discuss and take action about their smoking may be useful."

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 22, 2011

End Date

October 21, 2019

Last Updated

6 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Age 18 years or older as per self-report;
•English speaking;
•New York or New Jersey State resident;
•HIV-positive serostatus direct referral from a CAB agency staff member, which verifies that the person is an HIV+ client, or by as verified by presentation of medical evidence (i.e.,confirmatory test result, ARV prescription, M11Q form, or lab results);
•Self-report of smoking \> or = to 20 cigarettes (\> or = to one pack) within the prior 7 days;
•To confirm smoking status, the carbon monoxide alveolar breath test must be \> or = to 10 ppm;
•To confirm cognitive functioning, score on the in-person BLESSED Exam must be \< or = to 10;
•Low income, defined by either: 1) Proof of Medicaid insurance, or 2) Self-report of income at 50% or below median income for New York State for New York State residents, or if a New Jersey resident, at or below 50% median income for New Jersey

Exclusion Criteria

•Presence of current severe psychopathology that would limit study participation (e.g., unstable schizophrenia, bipolar disorder recent changes to medication noncompliance);
•Currently receiving smoking cessation treatment elsewhere.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Feasibility of a motivational tobacco cessation intervention

Time Frame: 2 years

The study will test whether the percentage of eligible and enrolled study participants who complete the assigned intervention is significantly different from a population of percentages centered at 45%, i.e., the "null population percentage," considered a percentage too low to be compatible with feasibility."