Smoking Treatment in HIV Clinical Care Settings

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Nicotine Dependence

Treatments: Behavioral: self-help; Behavioral: Individual Counseling; Behavioral: Internet-based smoking treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00297453

P50DA009253 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

NIDA 09253-7

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is designed to evaluate and compare the efficacy and cost effectiveness of 3 smoking cessation treatments with HIV-positive cigarette smokers. The treatments include face-to-face individual counseling, a computer-Internet-based self-help treatment and a self-help manual treatment.

Enrollment: 207 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HIV positive
• 18 years or older
• smoking "most days" during the past month
• must be able to read English

Exclusion criteria

• any contraindications for over-the-counter nicotine replacement treatment
• active psychotic symptoms
• severe cognitive deficits/dementia

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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207 participants in 3 patient groups

Internet

Experimental group

Description:

Individual counseling + nicotine replacement. 6 sessions across a 3 month period.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Internet-based smoking treatment

Counseling

Experimental group

Description:

Individual counseling plus nicotine replacement treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individual Counseling

Self-Help

Active Comparator group

Description:

Self-help Manual plus nicotine replacment treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: self-help