Smoking Interventions in the General Population

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified May 2008 by University Medicine Greifswald.
Recruitment status was  Active, not recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
University Medicine Greifswald
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00678938
First received: May 14, 2008
Last updated: NA
Last verified: May 2008
History: No changes posted

May 14, 2008
May 14, 2008
October 2004
October 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Point prevalence of tobacco abstinence [ Time Frame: 24 hours, 7 days, 4 weeks, 6 months preceeding the 12 and 24 month follow-up assessments ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
No Changes Posted
  • number of Cigarettes smoked per day [ Time Frame: 4 weeks preceeding follow-up assessment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • number of quit and cutdown attempts [ Time Frame: last 12 months preceeding follow-up assessment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Stages of change progress [ Time Frame: at 12 and 24 months follow-up ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Same as current
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Smoking Interventions in the General Population
General Population Based Interventions for Smokers Not Ready to Quit: Testing Smoking Reduction vs. Abstinence Oriented Computer Expert Systems

The study takes up two problems: 1) Little research exists about general population interventions for smokers not ready to quit within the foreseeable future. 2) There is little evidence for smoking reduction as a behavioural goal in interventions. Interventions based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) using computer expert-system technology yield delayed and smaller effects in smokers in the precontemplation stage of change compared to smokers in more advanced stages of change. Reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day is currently discussed as an intermediate goal for this subgroup. Epidemiological and clinical studies revealed that smokers are able to maintain a substantial reduction. No undermining effects with respect to smoking cessation have been found. However, there are no studies that test the efficacy of behavioural interventions for smoking reduction using population based recruitment. Objectives: Testing the efficacy of TTM based interventions for general population smokers not intending to quit smoking, i.e. a smoking-reduction and a smoking-cessation tailored intervention using computerized expert-system technology.

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Interventional
Phase 2
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Tobacco Smoking
  • Behavioral: Smoking abstinence oriented expert system intervention
    Participants received up to three counselling letters targeting smoking cessation
  • Behavioral: Smoking reduction oriented expert system intervention
    Participants received up to three counselling letters targeting smoking reduction
  • Experimental: 1
    Intervention: Behavioral: Smoking abstinence oriented expert system intervention
  • Experimental: 2
    Intervention: Behavioral: Smoking reduction oriented expert system intervention
  • No Intervention: 3
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Active, not recruiting
1462
October 2008
October 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Daily smoking of 10 or more cigarettes
  • No intention to quit within the next six month
  • Age of 18 years and older
  • valid telephone number

Exclusion Criteria:

- Insufficient german language and cognitive capabilities to complete the assessment

Both
18 Years and older
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
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NCT00678938
E2_P5, 01EB0420
Yes
Christian Meyer, Dr. (principal investigator) / Anja Schumann, Dr. (co-investigator) / Ulrich John, Prof. Dr. (study director), Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
University Medicine Greifswald
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Principal Investigator: Christian Meyer, Dr. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
Study Director: Ulrich John, Prof. Dr. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
University Medicine Greifswald
May 2008

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