Motivational Counseling in Preventing Smoking Relapse After Pregnancy in Pregnant Women Who Quit Smoking During Pregnancy

Completed

Conditions studied: Bladder Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Head and Neck Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Tobacco Use Disorder

In brief

RATIONALE: Motivational counseling may help prevent pregnant women from smoking again after pregnancy. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying three different types of counseling to see how well they work in preventing smoking relapse after pregnancy in pregnant women who quit smoking during pregnancy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00310115

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

469

Starts

2002-04-01

Expected to finish

2016-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-23

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age 18 or older
• former smoker who quit during pregnancy as assessed via self-report
• smoked an average of greater than or equal to 1 cigarette per day during the year prior to the current pregnancy
• gestational age < 33 weeks and ability to attend an in-person visit at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) between 30-33 weeks of gestational age
• can speak, read and write in English.
• must have a functioning home or personal cell phone

You may not qualify if…

• high-risk pregnancy or known negative birth outcome

Where it is running

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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