NCT01123967

Offering Proactive Tobacco Treatment

Improved Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Programs for Minnesota Priority Populations

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,500 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Minnesota · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study uses a proactive outreach strategy, coupled with free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to increase the population impact of tobacco cessation treatment for diverse, low income smokers. Population impact is the product of treatment utilization (i.e., reach or exposure) and treatment efficacy (i.e., smoking abstinence rates among those who utilize treatment).

Detailed description

Participants will be randomized to receive either Usual (Reactive) Care or Proactive Outreach, Telephone Counseling and free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	proactive outreach (PRO)	a mailed invitation letter followed by telephone outreach
OTHER	telephone counseling (TC)	free telephone counseling
OTHER	Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)	free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)
OTHER	Usual care (UC)	nicotine replacement products (patch, gum, lozenge, inhaler, and nasal spray)

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-02-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-08-01
• First posted: 2010-05-14
• Last updated: 2015-05-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States