Prepare to Quit - A Clinical Trial to Help People Quit Smoking in a Community Dental Clinic Setting

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Smoking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Tooth Whitening; Behavioral: Motivational Counseling

• Registration Number: NCT01846910
• Lead Sponsor: University of Manitoba

Brief Summary

The objectives of this study are:

1. To determine the effect that an intensive, community dental clinic centered, stop-smoking program using a motivational interviewing approach has upon cessation rates for interested, smoking inner-city dental patients.

2. To determine the effect that providing a tooth whitening incentive, in a community dental clinic stop-smoking program, has upon cessation rates for interested, smoking inner-city dental patients.

Detailed Description

See above

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-05-03
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-06
• Study Start: 2013-10
• Status Verified: 2016-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-10-25
• Last Update Posted: 2016-10-27
• Primary Completion: 2018-08
• Study Completion: 2019-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 156

Inclusion Criteria

• current smoker
• dental clinic patient
• interested in quitting smoking

Exclusion Criteria

• minors
• those unable to provide own consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tooth Whitening Incentive	Tooth Whitening	The tooth whitening group will receive all of the interventions previously described for the Motivational Counseling Group, and as an extra incentive against relapse, will also be offered complimentary tooth whitening procedures if biochemically verified as tobacco-free by Carbon Monoxide monitor (bleaching at 3-weeks, whitening strips at 3-months, and whitening touch-up at 1 year).
Motivational Counseling	Motivational Counseling	The extended counseling group will receive one to three, 45-minute individual motivational counseling sessions using a motivational interviewing approach to Express empathy, Develop discrepancy, Roll with resistance, and Support self-efficacy.
Tooth Whitening Incentive	Motivational Counseling	The tooth whitening group will receive all of the interventions previously described for the Motivational Counseling Group, and as an extra incentive against relapse, will also be offered complimentary tooth whitening procedures if biochemically verified as tobacco-free by Carbon Monoxide monitor (bleaching at 3-weeks, whitening strips at 3-months, and whitening touch-up at 1 year).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking Cessation	1-year	1-year abstinence from tobacco use, biochemically verified by carbon monoxide breath test

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Access Downtown Dental Clinic; 🇨🇦 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada