Status:

COMPLETED

Smoking Interventions for Hospital Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Massachusetts General Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Conditions:

Cigarette Smoking

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S. Nearly 4 million U.S. smokers are hospitalized each year, many of them at high risk for tobacco-related disease or death. A hosp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Cigarette smoker (daily smoker when smoking in usual way during the month before hospital admission)
  • Counseled by hospital smoking counselor during hospital stay
  • Plans to stop smoking tobacco products after hospital discharge
  • Appropriate for use of smoking cessation medication after discharge

Exclusion

  • Expected hospital length of stay \<24 hours
  • Not expected to be discharged to home
  • No access to a telephone
  • Unable to communicate by telephone
  • Severe psychiatric or neurologic disease precluding ability to be counseled
  • Pregnant, nursing, or planning to become pregnant in next 3 months
  • Active substance abuse other than tobacco
  • Unable to speak English

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2012

Estimated Enrollment :

397 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01177176

Start Date

July 1 2010

End Date

December 1 2012

Last Update

September 18 2014

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114