Determinants of Smoking Cessation Among Latinos

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn how neighborhood and individual factors affect the ability to stop smoking among Spanish-speaking Mexican American (MA) smokers who want to quit smoking.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

DRUG

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)

NRT for participants who smoke \>10 cigarettes/day will consist of 2 weeks of 21 mg nicotine patches, 1 week of 14 mg patches, and 1 week of 7 mg patches. Nicotine Patch therapy for participants who smoke 5-10 cigarettes/day will consist of 2 weeks of 14 mg patches and 2 weeks of 7 mg patches. Patch dispensation will occur at weekly treatment visits.

BEHAVIORAL

Questionnaire

Computerized questionnaires at each of 5 visits and will take 1 1/2 hours to complete each time.

BEHAVIORAL

Counseling

Each counseling session, whether face-to-face or over the phone, will last approximately 15 minutes. In-person counseling sessions occur at weeks -1, 0, and 3, with telephone counseling sessions occurring at weeks 0.5, 1, and 2. Counselors will conduct all sessions in Spanish.

BEHAVIORAL

Self-Help Materials

Spanish-language self-help materials currently used by the NCI's Cancer Information Service.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

  collaborator NIH

• Department of Health and Human Services

  collaborator FED

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• David Wetter, PhD, MS, BA · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-09-30

Primary Completion

2016-09-30

Completion

2016-09-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations