Exploring the use and uptake of e-cigarettes for homeless smokers

Exploring the uptake and use of electronic cigarettes provided to smokers accessing homeless centres: a feasibility study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14140672

Enrollment

120

Registered

2018-11-07

Start date

2019-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-01-17

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Conditions

Tobacco cessation amongst homeless adults residing in four locations across Great Britain Not Applicable Tobacco cessation amongst homeless adults residing in four locations across Great Britain

Interventions

This is a four-centre feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial. Two of the homeless centres are accommodation units (St Mungo's) and two are not (Hope Centre and Nidry Street, Salvation Army).

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 and over 2. Self-reported daily smoking (confirmed by homeless centre staff and biochemically verified by exhaled CO at recruitment) 3. Currently accessing homeless centre services and actively engaging with the service (determined by homeless centre staff)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Currently using another smoking cessation aid 2. Pregnant 3. Unable to consent 4. Not known to centre staff

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Uptake to the study, measured by the number of participants consenting at the baseline 2. Retention, measured at each follow-up timepoint (4, 12 and 24 weeks) by: 2.1. The number of participants still using the e-cigarette in the intervention group 2.2. The number of participants in each arm completing assessment measures 3. Service providers’ capacity to support the study assessed using qualitative interviews at 12 weeks post-recruitment 4. CO-validated quit rates, assessed by CO breath levels after 1, 3 and 6 months 5. Number of cigarettes smoked, measured by the self-reported number of cigarettes per day at each follow-up time point 6. Utilisation of primary and secondary health care services via self-report questionnaire at each time point (baseline, and 4, 12 and 24 weeks) 7. Resources used in the delivery of the intervention including staff costs, e-cigarettes and other costs incurred. Staff will complete a pro forma to record contact time, non-contact time and other resources used in delivery.This will be assessed at all time points (baseline, and 4, 12 and 24 weeks)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Uptake to the study, measured by the number of participants consenting at the baseline 2. Retention, measured at each follow-up timepoint (4, 12 and 24 weeks) by: 2.1. The number of participants still using the e-cigarette in the intervention group 2.2. The number of participants in each arm completing assessment measures 3. Service providers’ capacity to support the study assessed using qualitative interviews at 12 weeks post-recruitment 4. CO-validated quit rates, assessed by CO breath levels after 1, 3 and 6 months 5. Number of cigarettes smoked, measured by the self-reported number of cigarettes per day at each follow-up time point 6. Utilisation of primary and secondary health care services via self-report questionnaire at each time point (baseline, and 4, 12 and 24 weeks) 7. Resources used in the delivery of the intervention including staff costs, e-cigarettes and other costs incurred. Staff will complete a pro forma to record contact time, non-contact time and other resources used in delivery.This will be assessed at all time points (baseline, and 4, 12 and 24 weeks)

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Countries

England, Scotland, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 15, 2026