Status:

COMPLETED

Intensive Smoking-cessation Intervention Versus Smoking-cessation Advice in Smear-positive Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Lead Sponsor:

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Cape Town

Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences University

Conditions:

Tuberculosis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to determine the impact of a package of smoking-cessation interventions on a composite measure of Tuberculosis (TB) treatment-related outcomes. Given the lack of objective cli...

Detailed Description

No clinical trials have been done to determine if the cessation of smoking has any influence on outcome in tuberculosis patients. In particular, if smoking cessation leads to a higher rate of sputum c...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • any adult (\> 18 years)
  • Recently diagnosed (primary TB/Relapse TB) smear-positive TB patient who self-reports to smoke at least 10 whole cigarettes or bidis (rolled tobacco leaf) per day, every day

Exclusion

  • patients will be excluded from recruitment to the study if they fall into any one or more of these exclusion categories:
  • Inability to give consent or \< 18 years
  • Patients who self-report to smoke less than 10 whole cigarettes/bidis per day
  • TB patients who have already started anti-tuberculosis therapy for more than 1 week.
  • Patients with known multidrug-resistant TB (or XDR) (information provided by patient or the information is available in the clinic folder).
  • Known HIV-positive patients
  • Contra-indications to NRT (patients with a history of severe cardiovascular disease including arrhythmias, recent myocardial infarction (within the last 6 months), recent cerebrovascular incident (6 months), and/ or history of peripheral vascular disease, phaeochromocytoma, poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, renal/hepatic impairment or gastritis/peptic ulcers). Patients with asthma or depression will also be excluded, as quitting may have an effect on medications used for these conditions. Patients with severe skin disorders (such as psoriasis or eczema) will also be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

800 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01517022

Start Date

November 1 2010

End Date

September 1 2016

Last Update

October 13 2017

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar

New Delhi, India, 110029