NCT06943287

Pharmacist Intervention to Improve Smoking Cessation

A Remote Pharmacist Intervention to Improve Smoking Cessation

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Iowa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a remote pharmacist intervention to help smokers quit. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will smokers being screened for lung cancer with low-radiation-level chest computed tomography (CT) be willing to participate in this study and talk to the pharmacist about smoking cessation? * Will those in the intervention group be more likely to report smoking cessation than those in the control group. Participants in the intervention group will be asked to complete a baseline survey; speak with a pharmacist via phone call at baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, and 12 weeks; and complete an exit survey. Participants in the control group will be asked to complete a baseline survey and an exit survey.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Pharmacist Intervention	If the patient is randomized to the intervention group, they will complete a series of phone calls with the research pharmacist. These will occur at baseline (within 1 to 2 days of enrollment), 2-weeks, 4-weeks, 6-weeks, 8-weeks, 10-weeks, and 12-weeks. During these calls, the research pharmacist will ask the patient about any past quit attempts; when they had their last cigarette; if they have been prescribed any cessation medications; if they have picked up their medication; if they have started the medication; they will assess their stage of change for quitting; discuss pros, cons, and barriers of quitting; behavioral responses to triggers/urges; and make any necessary nicotine replacement therapy (NRT; i.e., nicotine patches, gums, lozenges, inhalers, and/or nasal sprays) changes. Each call is expected to take 20-30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-11
• Primary completion: 2026-06-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2025-04-24
• Last updated: 2026-04-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States