Reaching and Treating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Cigarette Smokers

REaching and Treating LGBT Smokers: The Internet

Smoking rates are significantly higher among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) populations compared to the general population. LGBT individuals may be at increased risk for experiencing psychosocial issues, e.g., negative moods, stress, alcohol/drug use, that have been associated with smoking treatment failure in other groups of smokers. Technology, such as the Internet and telephone, can be an effective method to reach a large number of smokers and may be particularly effective in reaching hidden populations. Thus, the study seeks to examine whether Internet-based counseling and/or telephone counseling can improve quit rates for LGBT smokers.

Participants (N=600) will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions: 1) a Mail-based Self Help (MSH) treatment; 2) MSH plus an Internet-based Smoking Treatment (IST); MSH plus Telephone Counseling (TC) or 4) MSH plus IST plus TC. Participants in the MSH condition will receive a self-help smoking cessation manual. In the IST condition, participants will receive the manual plus access to an Internet-based intervention that includes social support. In the TC condition, participants will receive the manual plus 6 telephone-based counseling sessions. In the fourth condition, participants will receive the manual plus access to an Internet-based intervention plus telephone counseling. Before starting treatment, participants will complete questionnaires on smoking, nicotine dependence, demographics, negative mood, and alcohol use. Participants will be contacted at 3, 6, and 12 months after enrollment to determine whether they are smoking. The data will be analyzed to compare the efficacy of the four treatments and to examine the possible influence of existing social networks and level of negative mood on treatment outcome and to examine the possible influence of residency (rural versus urban) on use of the Internet-based treatment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cigarette Smoking
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Self-Help Manual; Behavioral: Mail-based Self-help plus Internet-based Smoking Treatment; Behavioral: Self-Help Manual plus Telephone counseling; Behavioral: Self-Help Manual plus Internet-based Intervention plus Telephone Counseling

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 363
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • California
    • San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
      • Univeristy of California, San Francisco

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years of age
• identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
• access to the internet
• valid email account
• valid telephone number
• English speaking
• resident of the U.S.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: FACTORIAL
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 1; Mail-based Self Help (MSH) treatment. Participants will receive the self-help manual developed specifically for LGBT smokers.	Behavioral: Self-Help Manual; Participants will receive a self-help smoking cessation manual specifically developed for LGBT smokers. The manual provides information on quitting smoking and encourages the development of a personalized quit plan through various activities and exercises.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 2; Mail-based Self Help plus an Internet-based Smoking Treatment (IST). In the IST condition, participants will receive the manual plus access to an Internet-based intervention that includes social support.	Behavioral: Mail-based Self-help plus Internet-based Smoking Treatment; Participants in this condition will received a self-help manual developed specifically for LGBT smokers and access to an Internet-based smoking cessation treatment program. The website provides education and information about smoking cessation alond with development of a personalized quit plan. Participants have access to a message board where they can contact other participants.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 3; Mail-based Self-Help plus Telephone Counseling (TC). In the TC condition, participants will receive a self-help manual specifically developed for LGBT smokers plus 6 telephone-based counseling sessions.	Behavioral: Self-Help Manual plus Telephone counseling; Participants will receive a self-help manual specifically developed for LGBT smokers plus 6 telephone-based counseling sessions. The counseling sessions focus on the development of a personalized plan to quit smoking and occur over a 3 month period.
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: 4; Mail-based Self-Help plus an Internet-based Intervention plus Telephone Counseling. Participants will receive a self-help manual, have access to an internet-based smoking treatment and participante in 6 telephone counseling sessions.	Behavioral: Self-Help Manual plus Internet-based Intervention plus Telephone Counseling; Participants in this condition will received a self-help manual developed specifically for LGBT smokers and access to an Internet-based smoking cessation treatment program. The website provides education and information about smoking cessation alond with development of a personalized quit plan. Participants have access to a message board where they can contact other participants. Smokers will also receive 6 telephone-based counseling sessions which occur over a 3 month period

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Smoking status	3,6, and 12 months following enrollment.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco
• Collaborators: Tobacco Related Disease Research Program

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: February 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2012
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): January 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 4, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 11, 2008
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): March 12, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): June 27, 2012
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 25, 2012
• Last Verified: June 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: smoking; smoking cessation; nicotine
• Other Study ID Numbers: TRDRP 15RT-0165