A Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Tailored Intensive Smoking Cessation Intervention in Persons With HIV (PWHs)

Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: AIDS; HIV Infections; Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Standard care; Behavioral: Positively Smoke Free

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01106638

R21DA023362

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intensive, eight session behavioral intervention is superior to standard care in achieving abstinence from cigarettes in smokers living with HIV/AIDS.

Enrollment: 147 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV-infection
• current cigarette smoker
• high motivation to quit

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• breastfeeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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147 participants in 2 patient groups

Intensive behavioral intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Eight session, behavioral intervention targeting HIV-infected smokers

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positively Smoke Free

Standard care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Advice to quit, smoking cessation brochure, offer of nicotine patch

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard care