Pennsylvania Adolescent Smoking Study (PASStudy)

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation

In brief

The Pennsylvania Adolescent Smoking Study (PASStudy) will evaluate the effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing (MI) compared to Structured Brief Advice (SBA) to reduce cigarette smoking among adolescents who smoke. MI is a brief 5 session client-centered psychotherapeutic style intended to increase "the probability that a person will enter into, continue and adhere to a specific change strategy." This will be compared with SBA, which implements Best Practice Guidelines (i.e., 5 A's and 5 R's) and assists participants in accessing the best available resources for smoking cessation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00381329

Run by

Pennsylvania Department of Health

People needed

330

Starts

2007-09-01

Expected to finish

2010-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-01-30

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 14 and < 19 years of age.
• Must have smoked at least one cigarette during the past 30 days.
• Must have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime.
• Fluent in English
• Signed and dated IRB approved informed consent form (and assent form for subjects of appropriate age as required by each institution)

You may not qualify if…

• Severe or profound mental retardation
• Currently incarcerated or in a court mandated facility.

Where it is running

• Lehigh Valley Hospital — Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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