Status:
COMPLETED
Efficacy of Proactive Telephone Counseling for Pregnant Smokers Enrolled in a Managed Care Organization
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Conditions:
Pregnancy
Smoking Cessation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The principal objective is to test whether offering pregnant smokers a proactive telephone counseling program throughout pregnancy and for 2 months postpartum increases the rate of smoking cessation a...
Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of a proactive pregnancy-tailored telephone-delivered smoking cessation counseling program with a "best practice" brief counseling control condition...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Pregnant women
- current cigarette smoker (smoked \>1 cigarette in the past 7 days)
- 18 years old or older
- Willing to consider altering their smoking behavior during their pregnancy
Exclusion
- More than 26 weeks' gestation at study entry
- No telephone access
- Not planning to live in New England for 1 year
- Unable to read and speak English
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
434 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00181909
Start Date
September 1 2001
End Date
June 1 2005
Last Update
November 28 2006
Active Locations (2)
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1
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
2
Tufts Health Plan
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States