Motivational Program for Smokers Enrolled in a Methadone Maintenance Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

• Registration Number: NCT00278226
• Lead Sponsor: Butler Hospital

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking programs may help patients stop smoking and prevent cancer from forming.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well a motivational program works in helping smokers enrolled in a methadone maintenance program quit smoking.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the efficacy of a brief motivational intervention on smoking cessation in smokers enrolled in a methadone maintenance program.

OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 groups.

* Group 1: Patients undergo assessment at baseline and at 1, 3, and 6 months.

* Group 2: Patients receive a brief motivational intervention at the time of their baseline assessment and undergo assessment as in group 1.

All patients will be offered a 2- to 3-month supply of nicotine patches.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 400 patients will be accrued for this study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2001-06
• Primary Completion: 2004-10
• Study Completion: 2004-10
• Study First Submitted: 2006-01-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-01-16
• Study First Posted: 2006-01-18
• Status Verified: 2010-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-03-23
• Last Update Posted: 2010-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 398

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Nicotine Abstinence	6-months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rhode Island Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Providence, Rhode Island, United States