Further development and evaluation of a training for general practitioners in delivering brief stop-smoking advice as an implementation strategy of the S3-guideline "screening, diagnosis and treatment of harmful and addictive tobacco use" in general practice

Further development and evaluation of a training for general practitioners in delivering brief stop-smoking advice as an implementation strategy of the S3-guideline "screening, diagnosis and treatment of harmful and addictive tobacco use" in general practice - ABC II - Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00012786

Enrollment

2016

Registered

2017-08-22

Start date

2017-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Smoking, tobacco addiction F17.2

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention ABC: GPs will receive a 3-hour training in delivering brief advice to quit smoking according to the ABC approach (ask, brief advice, cessation support). Data will be collected in

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Smoking tobacco daily or at least occasionally, consultation of a GP who participates in the trial (arm 1 or2 )

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Limited literacy, incapability to provide informed consent (e.g. dementia), patients who can not be interviewed due to other reasons (e.g. limited visual or auditory abilities), patients who will not see their GP in person

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Patient-reported rates of delivery of brief advice to quit smoking by their GP during routine consultation. This parameter will be collected by personal-oral-questioning immediately after the consultation.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1) Patient-reported rates of delivery of behavioural treatment (single or group intervention) to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 2) Patient-reported rates of delivery of nicotine replacement therapy to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 3) Patient-reported rates of delivery of Varenicline or Bupropion to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 4-9) Patient-reported rates of quit attempts 4, 12 and 26 weeks following GP consultation and patient-reported smoke status 4,12 and 26 weeks after consultation. Parameter 1-3) will be collected by personal-oral-questioning immediately after the consultation. Parameter 4-9) will be collected by paper-and-pencil follow-up survey.	—

Measure

Time frame

1) Patient-reported rates of delivery of behavioural treatment (single or group intervention) to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 2) Patient-reported rates of delivery of nicotine replacement therapy to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 3) Patient-reported rates of delivery of Varenicline or Bupropion to assist their quit attempt by their GP during routine consultation. 4-9) Patient-reported rates of quit attempts 4, 12 and 26 weeks following GP consultation and patient-reported smoke status 4,12 and 26 weeks after consultation. Parameter 1-3) will be collected by personal-oral-questioning immediately after the consultation. Parameter 4-9) will be collected by paper-and-pencil follow-up survey.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSabrina Kastaun

Institut of General Practice; Addiction research and clinical epidemiology; Medical Faculty of the Heinrich Heine University

Sabrina.Kastaun@med.uni-duesseldorf.de+49 211 81 19527

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 2, 2026