Computer-Assisted Counseling in Helping African American Smokers Stop Smoking

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Conditions studied: Lung Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking plans using a nicotine patch, in-person counseling, and computer-assisted counseling may help people stop smoking. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well computer-assisted counseling helps African American smokers stop smoking.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00310141

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

462

Starts

2002-04-08

Expected to finish

2016-08-30

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-22

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• African American
• Age 21 to 65 years
• Current Smoker (history of at least 5 cigarettes/day for the last year)
• Motivated to quit within the next 14 days
• Participants must provide a viable home address and functioning home telephone number
• Can speak, read, write in English at a sixth-grade literacy level
• Provide viable collateral contact information
• Register "8" or more on a carbon monoxide breath test

You may not qualify if…

• Contraindication for nicotine patch use
• Active substance dependence (exclusive of nicotine dependence)
• Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless)
• Use of bupropion or nicotine products other than nicotine patches supplied by the study
• Pregnancy or lactation
• Any active illness that precludes full participation in the study protocol
• Another household member enrolled in the study

Where it is running

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

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