Hutchinson Smoking Prevention Project (HSPP)

October 31, 2012 updated by: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
The Hutchinson Smoking Prevention Project is a 16-year, group-randomized trial to determine the extent to which a school-based (grades 3-10), theory-based, social-influences tobacco use prevention intervention can deter youth tobacco use throughout and beyond high school.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Cigarette smoking remains the number one cause of preventable premature death in the U.S., annually killing more than 400,000 Americans. Without reversal of adolescent smoking trends, five million of today's youth will die prematurely of smoking-related illnesses. The 16-year Hutchinson Smoking Prevention Project (HSPP) was conducted in 1984-1999 to (1) address challenges of trial design and execution in school-based smoking prevention by developing the most rigorous school-based randomized trial possible, and (2) use the trial to answer the scientific questions, "To what extent can a theory-based, social-influences smoking prevention intervention spanning elementary, middle and high school grades reduce smoking among youth at 12th grade and two years post-high-school?"

The HSPP trial used a group-randomized, matched pair design with the school district as the experimental unit. Of 40 participating school districts, 20 were randomly assigned to the experimental (intervention) condition and 20 were assigned to the control (no HSPP intervention) condition. No restrictions were placed on the health promotion or tobacco use prevention activities of the control districts, thus enabling schools to continue whatever health curricula were normally offered. Main endpoints were daily smoking at 12th grade and 2 years after high school (Plus-2). Study participants (N=8,388) were two consecutive third grade enrollments in each of the 40 school districts. All third graders were followed to endpoint, including those who dropped out of school or otherwise left their school districts. The study achieved a 94% follow-up rate at the Plus-2 endpoint.

The HSPP intervention was a teacher-led, grades 3-10 tobacco use prevention curriculum plus unit-specific teacher training. There were 65 classroom lessons in the HSPP curriculum: 9 lessons in each of grades 3-5, 10 lessons in each of grades 6-7, 8 lessons in grade 8, and 5 lessons in each of grades 9-10, for a total number of 46.75 hours of classroom instruction time in grades 3-10. The HSPP uses an enhanced social influences approach that includes the 15 NCI-endorsed "essential elements" for school-based tobacco prevention and meets the CDC's "best practices" guidelines. The intervention's behavioral components featured skills for identifying and resisting social influences to smoke, correcting erroneous normative perceptions regarding smoking, promoting tobacco-free norms, and building self-efficacy for tobacco-free lifestyle choices. The intervention was developed to be practical for the school setting, emphasizing ease of use by teachers, good fit into school routines and with schools' existing educational objectives, and incorporation of topics/activities that are interesting, engaging and developmentally-appropriate for students.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

8388

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Washington
      • Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109-1024
        • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

7 years to 9 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All students enrolled in third grade in one of two consecutive classes of third graders in an HSPP participating Washington school district (1984-85; 1985-86; 1986-87).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Enrolled but classified by participating school district as developmentally unable to learn.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: No-intervention control
Experimental: Social influences school-based smoking prevention curriculum
Behavioral: Social-influences
grades 3-10, school-based social influences tobacco use prevention curriculum

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Smoking Daily at 12th Grade
Time Frame: 12th grade
Response "1 to 3 cigarettes per day," "4 to 10 cigarettes per day," "11 to 20 cigarettes per day," or "More than 20 cigarettes per day" to the Item "How often do you currently smoke cigarettes?"
12th grade
Whether or Not Smoking Daily at 2 Years After High School
Time Frame: 2 years after high school
Response (from the 2-years-after-high school questionnaire) "Daily: 1 to 10 cigarettes a day," "Daily: 11 to 20 cigarettes a day," "Daily: more than a pack a day" to the Item "How often do you currently smoke cigarettes?"
2 years after high school

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Collaborators

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Arthur V. Peterson, Jr., PhD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 1984

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 1, 1999

Study Completion (Actual)

August 1, 1999

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 26, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 26, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

June 27, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 29, 2012

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 31, 2012

Last Verified

October 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • FHCRC IRB #324
  • R01CA038269 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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