Treating Low-Income Smokers in the Hospital Emergency Department
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Tobacco Use Cessation, Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Tobacco Use Disorder
In brief
This study will test the effectiveness of an Emergency Department (ED) initiated tobacco intervention which includes counseling and medication. Our proposed intervention combines a Brief Negotiated Interview (BNI) with initiation of nicotine patch and gum in the ED, as well as a faxed referral to the state's Smokers' Quitline. A 6 week supply of nicotine patches and nicotine gum are provided to subjects in the intervention arm. Subjects randomized to the control arm will receive a brochure from the state's Smokers' Quitline only. The primary hypothesis is that the intervention will be superior to the control condition in reducing self-reported and biochemically verified 7-day tobacco abstinence at 3 months.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01328431
- Run by
- Yale University
- People needed
- 780
- Starts
- 2010-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-01-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-08-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age > 18 years
- Speaks English
- Willing and able to give informed consent
- >100 cigarettes lifetime
- Current daily or some day smoker
- Smokes > 5 cigarettes/day
- Medicaid or self-pay insurance
You may not qualify if…
- Too ill or unable to consent
- Not interested in study participation
- Not interested in quitting
- Pregnant, nursing, or trying to conceive
- Current use of tobacco cessation products (patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge, e-cigarette)
- Actively psychotic or mentally ill
- Leaving ED against medical advice
- Investigator discretion
- Lives outside of New Haven County
- Does not have phone with CT area code
- In police custody
- History of allergic reaction to nicotine replacement products
- Currently receiving formal tobacco dependence tx
- Currently taking Zyban, Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Chantix(varenicline)
- Resides in an extended care facility
Where it is running
- Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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