Teachable Moment to Opt-out of Tobacco: Interactive Voice Response Quit Line for Veteran Active Smokers With Lung Nodules

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Multiple Pulmonary Nodules, Tobacco Use

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation outreach intervention (TeaM OUT) on increasing use of smoking cessation resources in Veterans. The hypotheses are 1) patients included in the TeaM OUT group will have higher accession of cessation services, such as counseling and medication therapies, compared to patients in enhanced usual care and 2) more patients in the TeaM OUT group will have quit smoking at one year after the intervention. Veterans with a recently diagnosed lung nodule who currently smoke will receive the TeaM OUT intervention or Enhanced Usual Care. The TeaM OUT intervention has 2 parts: 1) a letter that a) describes the nodule and the importance of cessation related to the pulmonary nodule (i.e. teachable moment) and b) notification that a Proactive IVR Quit Line will initiate contact and 2) call(s) from the Proactive IVR Quit Line which a) offers smoking cessation resources and b) helps connect the patient to those resources. The enhanced usual care group will receive a letter that provides information about how to contact the IVR Quit Line. The IVR system will track referrals to cessation services. Additional information about smoking status and use of cessation resources will be collected from the electronic health record and surveys.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04574518

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

223

Starts

2022-08-12

Expected to finish

2026-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Newly diagnosed pulmonary nodule with plan for surveillance
• Active smoker
• Receiving care at the Portland VA Health Care System, the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, or the Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center (Charleston, SC VA)

You may not qualify if…

• No exclusion criteria

Where it is running

• Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR — Portland, Oregon, United States
• Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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