Telephone-Delivered Interventions for Smoking Cessation (TALK)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Smoking

Treatments: Behavioral: Telephone Delivered Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02421991

R01DA038411 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

8298 (Other Identifier)

RG1001154 (Other Identifier)

NCI-2018-02635 (Registry Identifier)

P30CA015704 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy's (ACT) implementation outcomes are at least as good as those of traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Enrollment: 1,275 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. ages 18 and older
2. smokes at least ten cigarettes per day (to be eligible for NRT) and has done so for at least the past 12 months
3. wants to quit smoking in the next 30 days
4. if concurrently using any other nicotine or tobacco products wants to quit using them within the next 30 days
5. willing to be randomly assigned to either group
6. willing and able to speak and read in English
7. willing and medically eligible to use NRT
8. resides in the U.S., and expects to continue for at least 12 months
9. not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our own intervention trials)
10. has regular access to a telephone.

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria are opposite of the inclusion criteria listed above.

In addition we will exclude:

1. anyone who is pregnant or breast feeding
2. has had a heart attack in the past 30 days
3. has unstable angina
4. has evidence of arrhythmia in the past 6 months
5. has a history of severe skin reaction to adhesive patches.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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1,275 participants in 2 patient groups

TALK study group

Experimental group

Description:

This is the experimental arm of the study. This includes 5 weekly sessions of experimental therapy via telephone. Therapy description withheld to protect the integrity of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone Delivered Intervention

TALK control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

This is the control arm of the study. This includes 5 weekly sessions of control therapy via telephone.Therapy description withheld to protect the integrity of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone Delivered Intervention