NCT00107575

Improving Smoking Cessation Outcomes in Heavy Drinkers - 1

Improving Smoking Cessation Outcomes in Heavy Drinkers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 236 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brown University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To test the effectiveness of an smoking cessation treatment for smokers who also drink alcohol heavily.

Detailed description

Heavy alcohol use frequently co-occurs with cigarette smoking and may impede smoking cessation. This clinical trial examined whether smoking cessation treatment that incorporates brief alcohol intervention can improve smoking cessation outcomes (7-day verified point prevalence abstinence) and reduce drinks consumed per week. Heavy drinkers seeking smoking cessation treatment were assigned by urn randomization to receive, along with 8-weeks of nicotine replacement therapy, either a 4-session standard smoking cessation treatment (ST, n = 119) or standard treatment of equal intensity that incorporated brief alcohol intervention (ST-BI, n = 117).

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Standard treatment plus brief alcohol intervention	Standard smoking cessation treatment with nicotine patch plus a brief alcohol-focused intervention
OTHER	Standard treatment (ST)	Behavioral smoking cessation counseling and nicotine patch.

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-08-01
• Primary completion: 2007-06-01
• Completion: 2008-04-01
• First posted: 2005-04-06
• Last updated: 2016-10-26
• Results posted: 2010-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States