Post-Discharge Smoking Cessation Strategies: Helping HAND 4

Summary

This randomized controlled trial will compare the effectiveness of two models of post-discharge tobacco cessation treatment for adult smokers admitted to 3 U.S. hospitals.

Conditions

• Smoking Cessation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Transitional Tobacco Care Management (TTCM)

PTCM will provide sustained care after discharge by offering (1) 8 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy at no cost provided at hospital discharge and (2) up to 7 proactive contacts over 3 months delivered by automated IVR call, supplemented by text messaging and email (patient choice). At each contact the patient is offered a return call from the hospital-based tobacco coach who offer counseling, medication advice, and coordination of care with the patient's outpatient health care team.

BEHAVIORAL

eReferral to State Tobacco Quitline (QL)

Referral from hospital to the state Quitline will be made by the research team on behalf of each enrolled patient. Feedback from the Quitline will be included in the patient's medical chart.

DRUG

Nicotine replacement therapy

Up to 8 weeks of nicotine replacement therapy provided at no cost to the patient.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Massachusetts General Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Nancy A Rigotti, MD · Massachusetts General Hospital

• Hilary A Tindle, MD, MPH · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-09-01

Primary Completion

2020-11-17

Completion

2020-11-17

FDA Drug

Yes

Countries

• United States

Study Locations