Strategies to Connect Patients at Federally Qualified Health Clinics With Evidence Based Tobacco Cessation Treatment

July 7, 2026 updated by: University of Utah

Multi-Level Interventions for Increasing Tobacco Cessation at Federally Qualified Health Clinics (FQHCs)

This trial aims to connect tobacco using patients of Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) with evidence-based treatment to help them quit. The trial will evaluate multiple strategies, that target both clinics and for patients, to increase the number of patients who enroll in Utah Tobacco Quit Line treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Status

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Completed

Conditions

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate clinic and patient level interventions with respect to increasing the reach of evidence-based treatment for tobacco use (delivered via the Utah Quitline).

II. To evaluate clinic and patient level interventions with respect to increasing the impact of Quitline treatment. Impact is defined as Reach X Efficacy. In calculating impact, efficacy is defined as the proportion of smokers who enroll in Quitline delivered treatment that successfully quit.

III. To evaluate characteristics of both clinics and patients that may influence tobacco use outcomes.

OUTLINE:

CLINIC-LEVEL INTERVENTION

All clinics will receive a clinic-level intervention of Ask Advise Connect (AAC). AAC consists of an electronic health record (EHR) intervention that utilizes the EHR to facilitate clinic staff to Ask patients about tobacco use, Advise patients to quit using tobacco, and directly and electronically Connect patients to the Utah Tobacco Quit Line.

PHASE I (PATIENT-LEVEL): Patients who do not enroll in the Quit Line following the clinic visit will be eligible for Phase 1 randomization to receive either TM or continue with the EHR Condition Only (CO).

GROUP I: Patients receive a Text Message (TM) weekly for one month followed by a monthly text message with a one-touch response to connect to the Quit Line over the next 5 months (i.e., 6 months of text messages following the clinic visit).

GROUP II: Patients receive continued clinic level EHR intervention only (CO).

PHASE II (Patient-level): Nonresponders (i.e., did not enroll in Quit Line treatment at 6 months) in Group 1 of Phase I (TM/CO) will be randomized to 1 of 2 groups:

GROUP I: Patients will continue to receive text messages (motivational messaging with simple touch response to connect directly to the Quit Line) plus 2 brief telephone calls from health coaches for 6-12 months following the clinic visit. Brief telephone coaching calls will be conducted using Motivation and Problem Solving (MAPS) for a TM+MAPS condition.

GROUP II: Patients continue to receive a monthly text message with a one-touch response to directly connect to the Quit Line during months 6-12 following the clinic visit, i.e., text message continued (TM-Cont).

Roughly twelve months after the clinic visit, eligible patients will be invited to complete a 12-month survey on quality of life and abstinence assessments.

A saliva kit will be sent to 300 randomly selected patients who indicate abstinence at the 12-month follow-up and agree to the saliva sample.

Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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12009

Phase

Phase

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  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

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Study Contact

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Study Locations

  • United States
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112
        • Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants will be current tobacco users.
  • Participants who speak English or Spanish.
  • Participants will have a working cellphone that can accept texts and calls.
  • Participants who present at participating community health center (CHC) clinics.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
Subjects who enrolled in Quitline within 2 weeks of the AAC intervention were not randomized to other interventions.
Other: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
AAC utilizes EHR capabilities to prompt clinic practice team members to assess patients' tobacco use status, advise them to quit, and directly and electronically connect interested patients w/ Quitline treatment. Patients were then called by the Quitline to enroll w/in 48 hours.
Other Names:
  • eReferral
Behavioral: Quitline
Quitlines provide free behavioral phone counseling, text messaging, online programs, and pharmacotherapy (e.g. Nicotine Replacement Therapy).
Experimental: AAC, Text Messaging (TM)

Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline within 2 weeks of AAC were randomized to TM. Subjects who enrolled in Quitline within 6 months of TM were not randomized to other interventions.

TM: weekly text message for one month, followed by a monthly text message over the next 5 months.
Other: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
AAC utilizes EHR capabilities to prompt clinic practice team members to assess patients' tobacco use status, advise them to quit, and directly and electronically connect interested patients w/ Quitline treatment. Patients were then called by the Quitline to enroll w/in 48 hours.
Other Names:
  • eReferral
Behavioral: Quitline
Quitlines provide free behavioral phone counseling, text messaging, online programs, and pharmacotherapy (e.g. Nicotine Replacement Therapy).
Behavioral: Text Messaging (TM)
Patients received text messages that offer opportunities to enroll in the Quitline. Text messages were sent on behalf of each patient's CHC system included a brief motivational message, the Quit Line website/phone number, and response options to opt-out (stop receiving study interventions) or connect to Quitline.
Experimental: AAC, Clinic Only (CO)

Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline within 2 weeks of the AAC intervention were randomized to CO.

Patients receive continued clinic-level EHR intervention only.
Other: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
AAC utilizes EHR capabilities to prompt clinic practice team members to assess patients' tobacco use status, advise them to quit, and directly and electronically connect interested patients w/ Quitline treatment. Patients were then called by the Quitline to enroll w/in 48 hours.
Other Names:
  • eReferral
Behavioral: Quitline
Quitlines provide free behavioral phone counseling, text messaging, online programs, and pharmacotherapy (e.g. Nicotine Replacement Therapy).
Experimental: AAC, TM, Motivation And Problem-Solving (TM+MAPS)

Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline w/in 2 weeks of AAC were randomized to TM. Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline w/in 6 months of TM were randomized to MAPS.

TM: weekly text message for one month, then a monthly text message for 5 months MAPS: monthly text message plus up to 2 phone calls for 6-12 months after their clinic visit
Other: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
AAC utilizes EHR capabilities to prompt clinic practice team members to assess patients' tobacco use status, advise them to quit, and directly and electronically connect interested patients w/ Quitline treatment. Patients were then called by the Quitline to enroll w/in 48 hours.
Other Names:
  • eReferral
Behavioral: Quitline
Quitlines provide free behavioral phone counseling, text messaging, online programs, and pharmacotherapy (e.g. Nicotine Replacement Therapy).
Behavioral: Text Messaging (TM)
Patients received text messages that offer opportunities to enroll in the Quitline. Text messages were sent on behalf of each patient's CHC system included a brief motivational message, the Quit Line website/phone number, and response options to opt-out (stop receiving study interventions) or connect to Quitline.
Behavioral: Motivation And Problem-Solving (MAPS)
Patients received MAPS calls from Community health workers (CHWs) trained in MAPS. MAPS is designed to help patients address the larger context in which tobacco use occurs, motivate patients towards a long-term goal of quitting tobacco, and identify and address barriers to quitting and engaging in treatment.
Experimental: AAC, TM, Text Messaging Continued (TM-Cont)

Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline within 2 weeks of AAC were randomized to TM. Subjects who did not enroll in Quitline within 6 months of TM were randomized to TM-Cont.

TM: weekly text message for one month, followed by a monthly text message over the next 5 months.

TM-Cont: monthly text message for 6-12 months following each tobacco user's clinic visit
Other: Ask-Advise-Connect (AAC)
AAC utilizes EHR capabilities to prompt clinic practice team members to assess patients' tobacco use status, advise them to quit, and directly and electronically connect interested patients w/ Quitline treatment. Patients were then called by the Quitline to enroll w/in 48 hours.
Other Names:
  • eReferral
Behavioral: Quitline
Quitlines provide free behavioral phone counseling, text messaging, online programs, and pharmacotherapy (e.g. Nicotine Replacement Therapy).
Behavioral: Text Messaging (TM)
Patients received text messages that offer opportunities to enroll in the Quitline. Text messages were sent on behalf of each patient's CHC system included a brief motivational message, the Quit Line website/phone number, and response options to opt-out (stop receiving study interventions) or connect to Quitline.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Reach
Time Frame: Up to 12 months
Defined as the count of tobacco users who enter Quitline treatment. This outcome measure will report the number of participants in each group who enrolled in Quitline treatment.
Up to 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Impact
Time Frame: At 12 months

Impact is defined as reach x efficacy. Reach is defined as the count of tobacco users who enter Quitline treatment. Efficacy is defined as the proportion of tobacco users entering Quitline treatment who quit (i.e., achieve abstinence).

This outcome measure will report 7-day point prevalence and 30-day point prevalence impact. This is the proportion of patients who enroll in the Quitline and are abstinent from any tobacco/nicotine product for the past 7 or 30 days at 12 months after study enrollment.
At 12 months
Abstinence From Tobacco
Time Frame: At 12 months

Abstinence assessments are based on recommendations for cessation induction trials. This outcome measure will report the count of participants who achieved abstinence. This outcome measure will report the count of participants who achieved 7-Day Point Prevalence Abstinence and 30--Day Point Prevalence Abstinence.

This outcome measure will report 7-day point prevalence and 30-day point prevalence abstinence. This is the count of people who report not using any tobacco/nicotine product for the past 7 or 30 days at 12 months after study enrollment.

Results of abstinence analyses where people who had missing abstinence outcomes were considered as using tobacco are provided.
At 12 months
Health-related Quality of Life
Time Frame: At 12 months

Health-related quality of life will be measured with the Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). SF-12 is a 12-item questionnaire assessing both physical (6 items) and mental (6 items) health-related quality of life.

Scores from the SF-12 survey range from 0-100, with lower scores indicating worse health-related quality of life and higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life. This assessment provides two subscores: SF-12 Physical Component Score and SF-12 Menta lComponent Score.

The mean component score by group was used to assess the quality of life impact on the patients, up to 12 months after study enrollment
At 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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University of Utah

Collaborators

Collaborators

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: David Wetter, Huntsman Cancer Institute

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

Study Start

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July 20, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

Primary Completion

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January 2, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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March 31, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

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March 11, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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April 1, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

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April 3, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

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September 8, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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July 7, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

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July 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

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Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

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  • 111985
  • HCI111985 (Other Identifier: Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah)
  • NCI-2019-00502 (Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program))

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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