Tobacco's Impact on Postoperative Complications in Acute Surgery (ROC)

Rigshospitalet

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Vascular Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Smoking intervention.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01469091

Roc-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to see whether intensive smoking intervention on the day of operation can reduce per- and postoperative complications in patients operated for acute ischaemic disease compared to control group with no intervention.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acute admittance in a vascular department
• current smoker
• surgery within 7 days
• informed/written consent

Exclusion criteria

• alcohol intake > 35 units pr. week
• dementia or mental disease
• > 90 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Smoking intervention, Nicotine replacement therapy.

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Smoking intervention.

Controlgroup

No Intervention group