Telephone Counseling for Pregnant Smokers

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Smoking

In brief

This purpose of the study was to investigate the efficacy of telephone counseling to help pregnant women quit smoking. The investigators tested two hypotheses: 1) telephone counseling increases the overall cessation rate during pregnancy, and 2) the counseling effects can be maintained postpartum.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02144883

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

1173

Starts

2000-09-01

Expected to finish

2004-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Current smoker willing to quit within one month
• Recent quitters
• First time quitline caller
• Less than 27 weeks gestation
• English and/or Spanish speaking
• Valid phone number
• Valid address
• Gave consent to participate in study and evaluation

You may not qualify if…

• Active psychiatric disorder
• Substance or alcohol abuse
• Had been in recovery from alcohol or other substances for less than 6 months
• Planned to use pharmacotherapy
• Insufficient contact information

Where it is running

• University of California San Diego California Smokers' Helpline — San Diego, California, United States

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