Smoking Cessation E-Visit

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Smoking cessation e-visit; Behavioral: Treatment As Usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04316260

Pro00078077

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to develop, refine, and complete preliminary feasibility testing of a smoking cessation electronic visit (e-visit) for implementation in primary care/family medicine. The investigators will conduct a feasibility RCT (N=51) of the smoking cessation e-visit as compared to treatment as usual (TAU), delivered via primary care, with primary objective to provide effect size estimates for a larger RCT. Primary outcomes cluster around: 1) treatment feasibility, 2) treatment acceptability, 3) treatment satisfaction, 4) evidence-based cessation treatment utilization, and 5) cessation-related outcomes (quit attempt incidence, abstinence). It is hypothesized that participants randomized to the e-visit condition as compared to those randomized to the TAU condition will have higher rates of cessation treatment utilization (medications, counseling) and superior cessation-related outcomes.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. current smoking, defined as smoking 5+ cigarettes/day, for 20+ days out of the last 30, for the last 6+ months
2. age 18+
3. enrolled in Epic's MyChart program or willing to sign up for MyChart
4. possess a valid e-mail address that is checked daily to access follow-up assessments and MyChart messages
5. English fluency

Exclusion criteria

None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

Smoking cessation electronic visit (e-visit)

Experimental group

Description:

This group will be sent 1) an invitation to complete an electronic visit (e-visit) focused on cigarette smoking and 2) an invitation to complete a follow-up e-visit one-month after the initial e-visit.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking cessation e-visit

Treatment As Usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will be provided information about the state quitline and about the importance of quitting smoking and it will be recommended that they contact their PCP to schedule a medical visit to discuss quitting smoking.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Treatment As Usual