NCT00563329
Completed
Not Applicable
Smoking Reduction Intervention for Smokers Not Willing to Quit Smoking: a Randomised Control Trial
Hospital Authority, Hong Kong3 sites in 1 country3,826 target enrollmentOctober 2004
ConditionsSmoking Cessation
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation
- Sponsor
- Hospital Authority, Hong Kong
- Enrollment
- 3826
- Locations
- 3
- Primary Endpoint
- Adherence Rate to NRT
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The aims of this study are (1) to examine the effect of smoking reduction intervention (reduction counseling and nicotine replacement therapy, NRT) (a) on smoking cessation and (b) on reducing daily cigarette consumption among smokers not willing to quit smoking but want to reduce smoking, and (2) to examine the effect of adherence intervention in producing a higher (a) adherence rate, (b) reduction rate, and (c) quit rate.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age 18 or above
- •Ethnic Chinese male or female
- •Smokes at least 2 cigarettes per day
- •Have no intention to quit in the near future
- •Intends to reduce smoking in the next 7 days
- •Has no contraindication to NRT
Exclusion Criteria
- •Subjects who are psychologically or physically unable to communicate
- •Children and teenagers (age below 18)
- •Pregnant or intention to become pregnant within the next 6 months
- •Those on regular psychotropic medications and in the presence of any serious health problems that may make them unsuitable for using NRT, such as recent stroke, palpitation, or other life threatening conditions
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Adherence Rate to NRT
Time Frame: 4 weeks
quit rate
Time Frame: 6 months
Reduction Rate (reduction of cigarette consumption by at least 50% compared with baseline)
Time Frame: 6 months
Secondary Outcomes
- Quit rate without validation(1 month)
- Validated quit rate (by measuring exhaled CO and urinary cotinine level)(6 months)
- self-reported use of NRT for at least 4 weeks or 8 weeks, without cotinine validation(1 month / 3 month)
Study Sites (3)
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