Status:
COMPLETED
Intervention for Support Persons to Help Smokers Quit
Lead Sponsor:
Mayo Clinic
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Smoking Cessation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This study will examine the feasibility and potential effectiveness of an intervention for adults who want to help support a smoker to quit. The support persons will receive either self-help materials...
Detailed Description
Interventions that reach the majority of cigarette smokers in the population have the greatest potential to impact the public health. Most smokers do not seek treatment for smoking cessation. A novel ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- To be eligible, the support person must (1) be 18 years of age or older, (2) provide written informed consent, (3) be a never or former cigarette smoker (no cigarette use during the past 6 months), (4) be interested in helping someone 18 years of age who is a current smoker (average of 10 cigarettes per day in the past 7 days), (5) be able and willing to participate in all aspects of the study, (6) have current and anticipated contact (any combination of face-to-face, telephone, or electronic mail) with the smoker a total of at least 4 days of the week for the study duration, and (7), the smoker provides informed consent for the support person's involvement in the study.
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Exclusion
- (1) another support person from the same household has enrolled, (2) another support person has enrolled to help the same smoker, or (3) the smoker is currently (past 30 days) receiving pharmacologic or behavioral treatment for nicotine dependence.
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00379054
Start Date
September 1 2005
End Date
June 1 2007
Last Update
November 22 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Mayo
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905