TeleQuit Smoking Cessation Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

TeleQuit is a group randomized trial testing whether a telephone care coordination program increases the rate of smoking cessation treatment for VA patients at study sites. We are testing whether proactive care coordination (counselor initiates the call to the patient) is more effective than reactive coordination (coordinator waits for the patient to call); and whether multi-session counseling is more effective than brief primary care-based counseling plus self-help materials. We randomly assigned study sites to either quitline counseling or brief counseling only. All patients receive brief smoking cessation counseling from their primary care physician, smoking cessation medications (once they are in contact with the VA care coordinator), and a follow-up call at 6 months. Care coordination will be provided by VA clinical staff. Intensive counseling is provided by the California Smokers' Helpline.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00123682

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

3120

Starts

2005-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-03-17

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• VA patient assigned to a clinic offering the program
• Smoker
• Patient wants to quit smoking

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• VA Palo Alto Health Care System — Palo Alto, California, United States
• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda — Sepulveda, California, United States
• New York, NY — New York, New York, United States

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