Smoking Cessation in NYC

Temple University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking Cessation

Treatments: Behavioral: NRT; Behavioral: individualized counselor-led MI sessions; Behavioral: general health education session

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04489524

U01CA114582-02S2 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Quit Smoking

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators tested the feasibility of a culturally and linguistically sensitive smoking cessation program with combined counseling and pharmacological components for Chinese smokers in New York City; identified factors and techniques that enhance the administration and appropriateness of the intervention program; and examined the effectiveness of this program on quit attempts, quit rates, and overall smoking reduction.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 110 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Primary eligibility criterion for inclusion in the study cohort was current smoking status. Other inclusion criteria were:

  1. self-identification as ethnic Chinese,
  2. aged 18 years and older,
  3. having smoked or puffed on a cigarette during the previous week,
  4. willingness to participate in the smoking cessation study,
  5. access to a functional telephone,
  6. expected presence in the study geographic area for a year or more, and
  7. not having been enrolled in the past or at the current time in any smoking cessation treatment programs.

Exclusion criteria

1. being currently pregnant and
2. having had a recent diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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139 participants in 2 patient groups

individualized counselor-led MI sessions and NRT

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention (4 individualized counselor-led MI sessions and nicotine replacement therapy \[NRT\]) consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self-help smoking cessation materials. Participants were provided NRT packs and counseled on their use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: individualized counselor-led MI sessions

Behavioral: NRT

general health education, self-help materials, and NRT

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this condition were provided with four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco. Strategies for quitting smoking were also provided to participants in this group as well as a supply of NRT and counseling on its use.

Treatment:

Behavioral: NRT

Behavioral: general health education session