Status:
COMPLETED
Interactive Voice Response Telephone Technology for the Treatment of Smoking in Patients With Heart Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario
Conditions:
Coronary Artery Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-90 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
A randomized control trial is planned to evaluate an interactive voice response (IVR) mediated follow-up and triage system, against usual care, to help smokers hospitalized with Coronary Heart Disease...
Detailed Description
Quitting smoking appears to be the single most effective intervention or treatment to reduce mortality in patients with Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). However, despite interventions, almost two-thirds ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient is currently a smoker (greater than 5 cigarettes per day in the month preceding admission);
- Patient is 18 years of age and older;
- Patient is admitted to the in-patient cardiology service at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) for: a) Acute Coronary Syndrome (includes patients admitted for unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction), b) Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI), c) Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) or d) diagnostic catheterization procedures related to CHD;
- Patient has received automatic referral for smoking cessation counseling;
- Patient is willing to provide informed consent
Exclusion
- Patient is unable to read and understand English;
- Patient lives more than 1.5 hours from UOHI;
- Patient is returning to referring institution/hospital
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
442 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00449852
Start Date
July 1 2006
End Date
February 1 2011
Last Update
April 29 2011
Active Locations (1)
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y4W