Quitting Smoking, Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Cigarette
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this research study is to see if offering adult primary care patients who smoke combustible cigarettes more frequent outreach, more choices about how they receive that outreach, and more smoking treatment options will increase the use of smoking treatments and help more people quit smoking, when compared against a standard outreach approach. Only patients at participating adult primary care clinics will be eligible for the study. Five clinic sites will be randomized to an enhanced outreach approach, while another 5 will be randomly assigned to standard smoking treatment outreach. Eligible patients at these clinics will be in this study for up to 18 months.
Detailed description
This 2-arm cluster-randomized clinical trial will compare a standard approach to smoking cessation treatment outreach in adult primary care to an enhanced approach offering more frequent outreach, multiple ways to request treatment, and a broader array of treatment options. The researchers hypothesize that enhanced outreach comprising quarterly messages offering both standard, person-to-person treatment options (quitline services, care from a primary care provider, phone coaching and medication through a clinical trial) and self-guided treatment options (nicotine replacement therapy sampling (2 week supplies of nicotine replacement therapies and/or enrollment in text-message based cessation support via Smokefree.gov text-message programs) will attract more adult primary care patients who smoke to treatment, and will help more participants achieve abstinence from smoking, as indicated by a change in their smoking status from current to former smoking in their electronic health records. The comparison condition is a standard outreach approach comprising a mailed letter informing participants of person-to-person treatment options (quitline services, care from a primary care provider, and/or phone coaching and medication through a clinical trial). Up to 12,000 adult participants who receive primary care at 10 participating clinic sites and whose electronic health records suggest they smoke will receive smoking cessation treatment outreach for up to 18 months, unless they opt out of participation. Randomization will occur at the clinic site level rather than at the participant level, and an opt-out approach to recruitment will be adopted.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALText message smoking treatment
Facilitated enrollment in an NCI-sponsored text messaging program: * SmokefreeTXT (if ready to set a quit date in the next 14 days) * Practice Quit (if ready to practice quitting 1-5 days but not ready to quit permanently) * Daily Challenges (if not ready to quit, but willing to make some changes)
COMBINATION_PRODUCTWisconsin Tobacco QuitLine Referral
Patients will be offered referral to the Wisconsin Tobacco QuitLine that offers phone counseling and nicotine replacement starter kits (2 week supplies) to people ready to quit smoking, in addition to web-based, text messaging, and mailed support, at no cost to Wisconsin residents.
COMBINATION_PRODUCTReferral to Primary Care Provider
Patients who want to talk to their Primary Care Providers about quitting smoking will be encouraged to make an appointment with their provider to receive smoking cessation counseling and to discuss pharmacotherapy options.
Participants may request: * Nicotine patches that release nicotine slowly over 24 hours, in either 7 mg, 14 mg, or 21 mg doses * Nicotine gum or lozenges that release medication quickly and can be used every 1-2 hours to prevent and cope with cravings to smoke, in either 2 mg or 4 mg doses
COMBINATION_PRODUCTBREATHE 2 Cessation Study
Patients who are interested in participating in a separate randomized controlled trial of smoking cessation treatment will be invited to learn about and complete an eligibility screening and consent process for the trial. Those who enter the study receive both counseling and pharmacotherapy.
BEHAVIORALAdditional modalities to learn about and request treatment
Participants in Enhanced Outreach arm clinics will have the option to request e-mail and/or text message communication regarding their smoking treatment options, and to initiate treatment via phone or online survey.
Sponsors
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Cluster-randomized controlled
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult age 18 years or older * Meet criteria for inclusion on a smoking registry (based on current smoking status and/or recent diagnosis of nicotine dependence or treatment of nicotine dependence) * Being seen in a participating clinic in the past 1-3 years, as documented in the EHR * Having a valid address * Not having a language other than English listed as preferred language
Exclusion criteria
* Invalid address * Participant opted out of the study within 18 months of initial outreach letter (or were opted out of the study by a legally authorized representative or an activated power of attorney for health care) * Participant clarification that they did not meet criteria for the smoking registry at the time of initial outreach
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking treatment initiation within 12 months of enrollment | Up to 12 months | The proportion of study participants who initiate smoking treatment, as recorded in the electronic health record. Rates of smoking treatment initiation will be compared in the Enhanced Outreach and Standard Outreach arms. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per quit attempt | Up to 18 months | Estimated costs per assisted quit attempt initiated will be computed. |
| Cost per quit | Up to 18 months | Estimated costs per successful attempt (conversion to former smoking status) will be computed. |
| Smoking treatment initiation within 18 months of enrollment | Up to 18 months | The proportion of study participants who initiate smoking treatment, as recorded in the electronic health record. Rates of smoking treatment initiation will be compared in the Enhanced Outreach and Standard Outreach arms. |
| Conversion from current smoking to former smoking | 12 and 18 months after study enrollment | Quitting smoking as indicated by a change in smoking status from current to former smoking, as recorded in the electronic health record. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed