NCT04045964

Nicotine Patch as an Adjunctive Intervention to Reduce Secondhand Smoke Among NICU Families

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was to explore the potential for directly targeting smoking cessation, regardless of motivation level, in a subsample of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents with the ultimate goal of reducing secondhand smoke (SHS) in their homes.

Conditions

• Environmental Tobacco Smoke
• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	nicotine replacement therapy (NRT)	Participants were provided with either 2 weeks of 14-mg or 21-mg transdermal nicotine patches for every smoker in the home
BEHAVIORAL	motivational advice	Received two in-hospital motivational advice sessions by a research associate (RA). The RA adapted session content from a previous tobacco-smoke exposure protocol
BEHAVIORAL	Quitline referral	Quitline participants received information about tobacco-smoke exposure reduction and a referral to a tobacco Quitline.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-10-29
• Primary completion: 2018-06-28
• Completion: 2018-06-28
• First posted: 2019-08-06
• Last updated: 2024-12-11
• Results posted: 2019-09-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study