Smoking Cessation in NYC

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Feasibility Study of Culturally Tailored Smoking Cessation for Chinese Smokers in New York City

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04489524
• Other study ID #: Quit Smoking
• Secondary ID: U01CA114582-02S2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2006
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2008

Study information

• Verified date: April 2023
• Source: Temple University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators tested the feasibility of a culturally and linguistically sensitive smoking cessation program with combined counseling and pharmacological components for Chinese smokers in New York City; identified factors and techniques that enhance the administration and appropriateness of the intervention program; and examined the effectiveness of this program on quit attempts, quit rates, and overall smoking reduction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 139
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2008
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2008
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 110 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary eligibility criterion for inclusion in the study cohort was current smoking status. Other inclusion criteria were:

1. self-identification as ethnic Chinese,

2. aged 18 years and older,

3. having smoked or puffed on a cigarette during the previous week,

4. willingness to participate in the smoking cessation study,

5. access to a functional telephone,

6. expected presence in the study geographic area for a year or more, and

7. not having been enrolled in the past or at the current time in any smoking cessation treatment programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. being currently pregnant and

2. having had a recent diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• individualized counselor-led MI sessions
Intervention consisted of four 60-min in-person sessions of AMI counseling and a packet of self help smoking cessation materials.
• general health education session
four in-person 60-min health education sessions and packets of general health self-help information, nutrition, exercise, and the harmful effects of tobacco.
• NRT
nicotine replacement therapy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Temple University	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Wu D, Ma GX, Zhou K, Zhou D, Liu A, Poon AN. The effect of a culturally tailored smoking cessation for Chinese American smokers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Dec;11(12):1448-57. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp159. Epub 2009 Nov 13. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change in smoking behavior	participants were asked whether they had smoked or had a puff on a cigarette and the number of cigarettes smoked in the past 7 days at multiple assessment points.	baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month
Primary	change in Carbon monoxide (CO) concentration	CO, a biomarker of smoking status, was assessed at baseline and 6-m follow up	baseline, 6-month follow-up
Primary	change in the stages of smoking cessation	According to Prochaska and DiClemente ' s Stages of Change model, the stages are: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. It's an ordinal variable that measured at multiple assessment points	baseline, 1 week, 1, 3, and 6-month