Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Routine Nurse Education in Prescribing Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Hospitalized Smokers in a University Hospital

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether training nurses to prescribe nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) can increase the proportion of smoking cessation at one month after hospital discharge among active smokers (daily or occasional tobacco use) hospitalized at the European Hospital Georges Pompidou in the following departments: Hypertension/Vascular Medicine, Nephrology, Pulmonology, and the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

The main questions it aims to answer are :

Does training nursing teams in the prescription and adjustment of nicotine replacement therapy increase the proportion of smoking cessation at one month after hospital discharge, defined as a total absence of tobacco consumption for at least seven days prior to the consultation, based on self-report and confirmed by an exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) level of ≤10 ppm? We will compare the usual care provided in the targeted departments with the care provided after all nurses in these departments receive training. The training will involve teaching the prescription of nicotine replacement therapy, dose adjustment, and communication with general practitioners and/or community nurses through a referral letter to facilitate continued care. Nurses will also have access to a dose adjustment document to provide to patients.

Participants will be followed up at discharge and at 1, 3, and 6 months post-discharge. At each visit, they will complete questionnaires on smoking behavior, quality of life, anxiety, and depression symptoms, and an exhaled CO measurement will be performed.

Conditions

• Smoking Addiction

Interventions

OTHER

training nurses to prescribe nicotine substitutes, to adapt doses and to transmit to the outpatient physician and/or nurse nurse to facilitate the continuation of treatment

Nurses will undergo training sessions provided by the smoking cessation team to learn how to prescribe nicotine replacement therapy, adjust dosages, and forward a referral letter to the patient's primary care physician and/or community nurse for continuity of care. They will receive a dosage adjustment guide to share with patients. Upon completing the training, nurses will be authorized to prescribe nicotine replacement therapy using the hospital's prescription software.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• French National Cancer Institute (Institut National Du Cancer - France)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique, France

  collaborator OTHER

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Anne-Isabelle Tropeano · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-03-31

Primary Completion

2028-03-31

Completion

2028-08-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations