Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy of Proactive Telephone Counseling for Pregnant Smokers Enrolled in a Managed Care Organization

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Conditions:

Pregnancy

Smoking Cessation

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The principal objective is to test whether offering pregnant smokers a proactive telephone counseling program throughout pregnancy and for 2 months postpartum increases the rate of smoking cessation a...

Detailed Description

A randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of a proactive pregnancy-tailored telephone-delivered smoking cessation counseling program with a "best practice" brief counseling control condition...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pregnant women
  • current cigarette smoker (smoked \>1 cigarette in the past 7 days)
  • 18 years old or older
  • Willing to consider altering their smoking behavior during their pregnancy

Exclusion

  • More than 26 weeks' gestation at study entry
  • No telephone access
  • Not planning to live in New England for 1 year
  • Unable to read and speak English

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2001

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

June 1 2005

Estimated Enrollment :

434 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00181909

Start Date

September 1 2001

End Date

June 1 2005

Last Update

November 28 2006

Active Locations (2)

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

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Tufts Health Plan

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States