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Clinical Trials/NCT05881083
NCT05881083RecruitingNot Applicable

Building Capacity and Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2023: a Randomised Controlled Trial of 1-week Nicotine Replacement Therapy Sampling

The University of Hong Kong1 site in 1 country1,014 target enrollmentStarted: June 17, 2023Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Recruiting
Enrollment
1,014
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The aim of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of 1-week nicotine replacement therapy sampling delivered by lay counsellors in promoting smoking cessation in smokers in the community.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Hong Kong residents aged 18 years or above
  • Smoke cigarette or heated tobacco product or e-cigarette daily in the past 3 months
  • Exhaled carbon monoxide level ≥4 part per million or a positive salivary cotinine test
  • Able to communicate in and read Chinese
  • Have a local contact number

Exclusion Criteria

  • Participating in another smoking cessation programme or using any smoking cessation drug or nicotine replacement therapy
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding
  • Recent (≤ 2 weeks) angina, cardiac arrhythmia or heart attacks

Arms & Interventions

Intervention group

Experimental

1-week nicotine replacement therapy sample + Brief cessation advice

Intervention: 1-week nicotine replacement therapy sampling (Behavioral)

Intervention group

Experimental

1-week nicotine replacement therapy sample + Brief cessation advice

Intervention: Brief cessation advice (Behavioral)

Control group

Active Comparator

Brief cessation advice

Intervention: Brief cessation advice (Behavioral)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence

Time Frame: 6 months

Verified by a negative salivary cotinine test

Secondary Outcomes

  • Biochemically validated tobacco abstinence(3 months)
  • Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence(6 months)
  • Self-reported use of nicotine replacement therapy product(6 months)
  • Self-reported use of smoking cessation service(6 months)
  • Self-reported 24-hour quit attempt(6 months)
  • Self-reported 7-day point-prevalence tobacco abstinence(3 months)
  • Self-reported 24-hour quit attempt(3 months)
  • Self-reported use of nicotine replacement therapy product(3 months)
  • Self-reported use of smoking cessation service(3 months)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Tzu Tsun Luk

Research Assistant Professor

The University of Hong Kong

Study Sites (1)

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