Efficacy of Proactive Telephone Counseling for Pregnant Smokers Enrolled in a Managed Care Organization

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Pregnancy, Smoking Cessation

In brief

The principal objective is to test whether offering pregnant smokers a proactive telephone counseling program throughout pregnancy and for 2 months postpartum increases the rate of smoking cessation at end of pregnancy and 3 months postpartum, compared to a "best practice" control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00181909

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

434

Starts

2001-09-01

Expected to finish

2005-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-11-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pregnant women
• current cigarette smoker (smoked >1 cigarette in the past 7 days)
• 18 years old or older
• Willing to consider altering their smoking behavior during their pregnancy

You may not qualify if…

• More than 26 weeks' gestation at study entry
• No telephone access
• Not planning to live in New England for 1 year
• Unable to read and speak English

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Tufts Health Plan — Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

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