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NCT Number: NCT01788787

Ask Advise Connect (AAC) Harris Heath CPRIT

The goal of this behavioral research study is to learn about the outcomes of smoking cessation treatment. Researchers want to learn how many smokers stopped smoking after taking part in smoking cessation treatment with the Texas Quitline.

Active, Not Recruiting

This study is active but is not currently recruiting participants.

Key information

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation Behavior Health Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Harris Health System

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

About this study

Study Test:

If you agree to take part in this study, you will collect a saliva sample to test for cotinine to confirm your smoking status. Cotinine is a chemical released in your body when it breaks down nicotine. You will receive a kit in the mail with supplies for the testing. The study staff will call you to make sure that you received the kit and to discuss the instructions with you. To collect the saliva, you will put a small piece of cotton in your mouth for a few minutes. You will mail the saliva sample back to the study staff, using a postage-paid envelope.

Length of Study:

Your participation in this study will be complete after you collect the saliva sample and mail it back to the study staff. Study data will be destroyed 5 years after the study has been completed and the data has been analyzed. Data collected in this study will not be used for future research.

This is an investigational study.

Up to 1,459 participants will be enrolled in this study. All will be enrolled at Harris Health System clinics.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Self-reported current smoker
  • Present for care at one of the 13 Harris Health System (HHS) community clinics
  • Has a working telephone number

Exclusion criteria

  • None

Treatment and study plan

Quitline-Delivered Proactive Telephone Counseling

Behavioral

Smokers who enroll in treatment receive standard counseling protocol offered by the Quitline. This includes up to five proactive telephone counseling calls, each designed to provide practical expert support to help smokers develop problem-solving and coping skills, secure social support, and design a plan for successful cessation and long-term abstinence.

Follow-up Phone Call

Behavioral

Six months after enrolling in treatment with the Texas Quitline, an MD Anderson research team member will contact patients to assess their smoking status via telephone.

Smoking Cessation Training

Behavioral

Medical staff (i.e., medical assistants, licensed vocational nurses, registered nurse and physicians) receive initial face-to-face group training on how to ask patients about their smoking status, advise them to quit, and connect them with the Quitline. The specific content of the session will include information on quitting smoking, how to implement AAC, the effectiveness of telephone counseling for smoking cessation delivered via quitlines, and pharmacotherapies including nicotine replacement.

Qualitative Interviews Concerning the Implementation of AAC

Behavioral

MD Anderson staff conduct individual in-depth interviews with administrative leadership as well as those medical staff who are authorized to enter patient information into the EMR and are trained in the Ask-Advise-Connect approach. All in-depth interviews will be recorded and transcribed.

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the Reach of Ask Advise Connect (AAC) Smoking Cessation Program

    Time frame: 2 years

    Reach defined as the proportion of smokers that enroll in treatment with the Quitline. To evaluate the reach of AAC, we will calculate the proportion of smokers seen at the 13 Harris Health System community health clinics during the two-year treatment dissemination period that enroll in treatment with the Quitline.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy of Ask Advise Connect (AAC) Smoking Cessation Program

    Time frame: 6 months

    Efficacy is defined as the proportion of smokers who agree to be connected to the Quitline that enroll in treatment who successfully achieve abstinence assessed 6 months following treatment enrollment.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Cancer Therapy and Research Center, Texas

Registry information

Official study title

Implementation of an Automated EMR System to Connect Smokers in a Safety Net Healthcare System With Smoking Cessation Treatment

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2049
Study completion
2049
First posted
Feb 11, 2013
Registry last updated
May 28, 2019

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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