Status:
COMPLETED
Computer-Assisted Counseling in Helping African American Smokers Stop Smoking
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Conditions:
Lung Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Stop-smoking plans using a nicotine patch, in-person counseling, and computer-assisted counseling may help people stop smoking. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying how well...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: * Develop and evaluate the efficacy of an interactive, culturally sensitive, individualized, palmtop computer-delivered smoking cessation intervention for African American smokers. * Exam...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- African American
- Age 21 to 65 years
- Current Smoker (history of at least 5 cigarettes/day for the last year)
- Motivated to quit within the next 14 days
- Participants must provide a viable home address and functioning home telephone number
- Can speak, read, write in English at a sixth-grade literacy level
- Provide viable collateral contact information
- Register "8" or more on a carbon monoxide breath test
Exclusion
- Contraindication for nicotine patch use
- Active substance dependence (exclusive of nicotine dependence)
- Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes (cigars, pipes, smokeless)
- Use of bupropion or nicotine products other than nicotine patches supplied by the study
- Pregnancy or lactation
- Any active illness that precludes full participation in the study protocol
- Another household member enrolled in the study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 8 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 30 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
462 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00310141
Start Date
April 8 2002
End Date
August 30 2016
Last Update
August 22 2017
Active Locations (1)
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030-4009