NCT03626064

The PROMPT Pilot Study

Management and Point-of-Care for Tobacco Dependence (PROMPT): a Feasibility Mixed Methods Community-based Participatory Action Research Project in Ottawa, Canada

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The PROMPT Pilot Study is a feasibility mixed methods prospective cohort study following principles of community-based participatory action research. The study recruited 80 people who use drugs and followed them for 6 months while providing access to counselling, nicotine replacement therapy and peer-support in a community setting. A notable reduction in average cigarette use per day (20.5 to 9.3) and illicit substance use (18.8%) was observed at study-end. PROMPT's patient engagement model is an effective harm-reduction strategy for the growing opioid use crisis and can improve the health outcomes of marginalised at-risk populations worldwide.

Detailed description

Objective To determine the feasibility of a Community-Based Participatory Tobacco Dependence Strategy (PROMPT) in the inner city population of Ottawa (Canada). Design A feasibility mixed methods prospective cohort study following principles of community-based participatory action research. Intervention Recruited 80 people who use drugs, followed them for 6 months while providing access to counseling, nicotine replacement therapy and peer-support in a community setting. Setting Community research office in downtown Ottawa, adjacent to low-income housing, shelter services and street-based drug consumption. Primary outcome Retention rate at 6-month follow-up. Secondary outcome Biochemically validated 7-day point prevalence smoking abstinence at 26 weeks, self-reported abstinence in the past 7 days with exhaled carbon monoxide ≤10 ppm.

Conditions

• Tobacco Use Disorder
• Tobacco Dependence
• Tobacco Use Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Smoking Cessation Counselling	One on one smoking cessation counselling with a certified mental health nurse
DRUG	Nicotine Replacement Therapy	Access to a range of nicotine replacement therapy: nicotine patch, nicotine gum, nicotine lozenge, nicotine inhaler

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2018-08-10
• Last updated: 2023-03-29