Offering Proactive Tobacco Treatment
- Conditions
- Tobacco Use Cessation
- Interventions
- Other: proactive outreach (PRO)Other: Usual care (UC)Other: telephone counseling (TC)Other: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
- Registration Number
- NCT01123967
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
- Brief Summary
This study uses a proactive outreach strategy, coupled with free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to increase the population impact of tobacco cessation treatment for diverse, low income smokers. Population impact is the product of treatment utilization (i.e., reach or exposure) and treatment efficacy (i.e., smoking abstinence rates among those who utilize treatment).
- Detailed Description
Participants will be randomized to receive either Usual (Reactive) Care or Proactive Outreach, Telephone Counseling and free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2500
- Must complete the baseline survey
- Current self-reported cigarette smoker
- Has a valid home address
- An adequate proficiency in English to complete study surveys and participate in telephone counseling.
exclusion Criteria:
- adult smokers not enrolled in the Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP).
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description PRO+NRT+TC proactive outreach (PRO) Proactive outreach (mailed invitation letter followed by telephone outreach) combined with free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and telephone counseling (PRO+NRT+TC)to usual care (UC) Usual Care (UC) Usual care (UC) Usual (standard) care - Smoking cessation products: patch, gum, lozenge, inhaler and nasal spray PRO+NRT+TC telephone counseling (TC) Proactive outreach (mailed invitation letter followed by telephone outreach) combined with free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and telephone counseling (PRO+NRT+TC)to usual care (UC) PRO+NRT+TC Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) Proactive outreach (mailed invitation letter followed by telephone outreach) combined with free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and telephone counseling (PRO+NRT+TC)to usual care (UC)
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Results in Abstinence Rates 1 Year Compare the effect of proactive outreach combined with free NRT and telephone counseling (PRO+NRT+TC) to usual care (UC) on population-level smoking abstinence rates among a diverse population of low income smokers.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cost-Effectiveness of Program 1 Year Determine the cost-effectiveness of PRO+NRT+TC compared with UC.
Results in Treatment Utilization 1 Year Compare the effect of proactive outreach combined with free NRT and telephone counseling (PRO+NRT+TC) to usual care (UC) on population-level tobacco treatment utilization rates among a diverse population of low income smokers.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Steven Fu, M.D.
🇺🇸Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States