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Feasibility of a Virtual Smoking Cessation Program

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University Health Network, Toronto

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Perioperative/Postoperative Complications
Smoking Reduction
Smoking
Fractures, Bone
Smoking Cessation

Treatments

Behavioral: Virtual Smoking Cessation Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05594199
22-5475

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this pilot study of a clinical trial is to learn about the acceptability and feasibility of a virtual smoking cessation program in both the perioperative and fracture clinic settings. The main questions this study aims to answer are:

  • The number of people that participate in the virtual smoking cessation program
  • The acceptability of the number, length, content, and delivery of the email messages provided by the program.

Participants will be asked to subscribe to our virtual intervention which will include:

  • A smoking cessation e-learning module component to provide education on the risks of smoking in the surgical or fracture clinic setting, and
  • An emailing program component that will provide tailored email messages over a 30-45 day period depending on a patient's Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence score and motivation to quit smoking.

Researchers will also compare the virtual smoking cessation program to standard care to see if there are any differences shown between both groups in the Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence scores, number of cigarettes smoked, number of quit attempts, complication rates, and re-admission rates at the 7 day and 30 day time points.

Full description

Smoking is the most preventable cause of disease and premature death in Canada. In this pilot study our aim is to determine whether a virtual perioperative program, using automated emails, for smoking cessation is feasible and acceptable for increasing abstinence from smoking, compared to the usual care in patients undergoing surgery or with an acute traumatic fracture. Patients that present to the preoperative clinic or fracture clinic will be recruited for this trial. This feasibility study will be followed by the proposed randomized control trial to identify whether our planned study procedures are acceptable to surgical patients.

Both components of the virtual smoking cessation program (Smoking cessation e-learning modules and Virtual Program Evaluation) will be more personalized to the patient as the patient's nicotine dependence will determine the tailored information that will be provided in the e-learning module and the email messages. Study procedures and components of the virtual smoking cessation program will be modified for clinical use and future research based on the feedback from this pilot study.

Enrollment

100 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18+ years of age

  • Daily or non-daily smoker

  • Self-reported smokers who have smoked cigarettes within the past 30 days

  • Must be a patient at Toronto Western Hospital or Women's College Hospital who is:

    • Scheduled for an elective surgical procedure that will occur at least 48 hours after recruitment OR
    • Visiting the fracture clinic (UHN) within and including 14 days from the initial date of injury or operation
  • Must have a working e-mail address

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients who have already quit smoking for more than 30 days,
  • Patients who cannot read and understand English,
  • Patients who have any form of cognitive impairment,
  • Patients who do not have a telephone (for follow-up).
  • Currently on pharmacological therapy for smoking cessation
  • Drug or alcohol abuse or dependence within the past year

Trial design

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Arm: Virtual Group
Experimental group
Description:
The intervention will involve participating in the study's virtual smoking cessation program. This program consists of 2 components: an e-learning module and a tailored email messaging program based on the participant's motivation to quit smoking and their Fagerstrom test for nicotine dependence score.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Virtual Smoking Cessation Program
Control Arm: Standard Care
No Intervention group
Description:
This arm will receive standard care which may or may not include brief advice to quit smoking from any of the healthcare providers. Providing smoking cessation intervention is not mandatory in standard care and may not be provided.

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Jean Wong, MD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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