Increasing Smoking Cessation Counselling in Primary Care Using a Chronic Disease Management System

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of the Effect of a New, Improved Smoking Cessation Management Module, Compared With Use of the Standard Version of Such a Management Module, on Smoking Counselling Initiation and Continuation Rates in Primary Care Practices Currently Using P-PROMPT Chronic Disease Management System in Ontario

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01004276
• Other study ID #: 09-341
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 28, 2009
• Last updated: October 28, 2009
• Start date: November 2009
• Est. completion date: April 2010

Study information

• Verified date: October 2009
• Source: McMaster University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot study will determine the feasibility of studying a new smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system. The new module is intended to help healthcare providers deliver more smoking cessation counselling to their patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: April 2010
• Est. primary completion date: April 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physician subscribers to P-PROMPT CDMS

Exclusion Criteria:

• Paper users

• Physicians expected to retire during the course of the study

• Physicians whose billing files are not set-up with DataSynch

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Delivery of Health Care
• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Other:
• New, improved smoking cessation management module
The intervention that will be tested is an improved smoking cessation management module in an existing chronic disease management system, P-PROMPT CDMS. This module includes the following components: a) the Patient Care Status and Update Form, b) the smoking registry and c) patient prompts.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	McMaster University	Hamilton	Ontario
Canada	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
McMaster University	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Smoker Identifying Cards		3 months post-intervention	No
Primary	Chronic disease management system's activity log		monthly post-intervention	No
Secondary	Smoking cessation counselling billing codes from physician's remittance advice files		monthly post-intervention	No