RITCH: Reducing Disparities in Tobacco Cessation Outcomes

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Conditions studied: Smoking Cessation

In brief

Tobacco use is a leading contributor to racial and socioeconomic health disparities in the US primarily due to an unequal burden of tobacco-related disease from a disproportionate share of smokers in African American and lower socioeconomic (SES) groups. Unlike many other health risk behaviors, tobacco-related health disparities are increasing despite a large treatment network of free telephone and in-person counseling services, perhaps due to significant disparities in treatment outcomes. The goal of this project is to revise the standard treatment for tobacco dependence to address key factors associated with treatment outcome disparities and more fully meet the needs of lower SES and African American smokers thereby reducing socioeconomic disparities in tobacco dependence treatment outcomes, halting the alarming increase in tobacco-related health disparities, and reducing a leading cause of racial and socioeconomic health disparities in the US.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02785536

Run by

The City College of New York

People needed

256

Starts

2013-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-07-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• smoking cigarettes daily
• expressing a desire to quit smoking in the next 30 days
• no regular use of other tobacco products
• age 18 years or older
• no plans to move from the area in the next six months
• willing to comply with treatment
• able to engage in treatment

You may not qualify if…

• any contra-indication for use of the nicotine patch (i.e., uncontrolled high blood pressure, allergic reaction to patch adhesive, pregnancy, etc.),
• currently using mediations for smoking cessation (bupropion, varenicline, or any form of NRT)
• drinking more than 20 alcoholic drinks per week
• positive test on a urine screen for drugs of abuse at baseline (amphetamine, methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, opioids, methadone, etc.)
• current diagnosis that would prohibit engagement in brief CBT (active psychotic disorder, acute major depressive episode, significantly cognitively impaired)
• current regular use of other forms of tobacco other than smoking cigarettes

Where it is running

• The City College of New York — New York, New York, United States

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