Enhanced Support vs Standard Advice for Smoking Cessation in Veterans

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

Overseen byJessica Megan Cook, PhD

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

This project will generate knowledge about the effectiveness of Enhanced Chronic Care, an intervention designed to enhance treatment use and smoking abstinence in Veterans who are initially unwilling to quit. Enhanced Chronic Care provides ongoing motivational interventions and interpersonal support designed to promote readiness to quit smoking. Enhanced Chronic Care will be compared with Standard Care (brief advice to quit once per year) on criteria that are of great clinical and public health importance: use of cessation treatment and smoking abstinence. It is expected that Enhanced Chronic Care will increase treatment use and smoking abstinence relative to Standard Care.

Research Team

Jessica Megan Cook, PhD

Principal Investigator

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for Veterans who smoke at least 4 cigarettes daily for the past six months, are not ready to quit within the next month, and can consent to participate. It's open to those over 18 who speak English and are medically cleared for nicotine replacement therapy if needed. Women must use birth control during the study.

Inclusion Criteria

I am cleared by a doctor to use nicotine replacement therapy.

Agree to participate in the study

I am 18 years old or older.

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Exclusion Criteria

You are currently using a smoking cessation medication that was not prescribed by the study team.

Incarceration

You primarily use tobacco products other than cigarettes.

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Treatment Details

Interventions

Enhanced Chronic Care (Behavioral Intervention)
Standard Care (Behavioral Intervention)

Trial OverviewThe trial compares Enhanced Chronic Care—a motivational support system designed to increase readiness to stop smoking—with Standard Care, which involves brief yearly advice. The goal is to see if Enhanced Chronic Care boosts treatment usage and helps participants quit smoking more effectively than Standard Care.

Participant Groups

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Enhanced Chronic CareExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Enhanced Chronic Care provides ongoing, phone-based motivational interventions and interpersonal support to promote readiness to quit, with facilitated access to evidence-based smoking treatment.

Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention

Standard Care provides phone-based brief advice to quit once per year.