Research Institute is embedding Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Programs Into Community Clinics

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Friends Research Institute, Inc is commencing recruitment for the clinical trial of the Embedding Comprehensive Smoking Cessation Programs Into Community Clinics.

The condition is Smoking Cessation.

A new clinical trial is recruiting patients in the following locations: United States.

The trial officially began on the October 1, 2019 and is planned to complete on June 30, 2022.

The study will evaluate a sustainable tobacco screening, treatment intervention, and cessation program implemented within both Los Angeles County (LAC)-Department of Health Services (LACDHS)-operated outpatient primary care clinics and in LAC-Department of Mental Health (LACDMH)-operated community mental health clinics. This is a three year implementation study funded by the University of California Office of the President Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP). This project will support the implementation of smoking cessation services delivered in LACDHS and LACDMH clinics and will evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of these services.

The research hypothesis is that training LACDHS and LACDMH staff and clinicians to screen for and treat tobacco use disorder will improve rates of remission from tobacco use disorder in the clients served by each system.

The population that can be enrolled into this study includes:

  • 18 years old or older
  • smoke 3 or more cigarettes or cigars per day
  • have thought about smoking cessation
  • be enrolled in care at either LACDHS and/or LACDMH

The primary outcome is to determine if there will be higher rates of smoking cessation in the intervention sites as compared with matched non-intervention sites. In order to measure these rates, study participants will be asked to complete two objective measures collected at 3-month, 6-month and 12-month follow-up. These measures include a carbon monoxide breathalyzer (piCO+smokerlyzer) and urinary rapid dipstick cotinine test (NicCheck). A participant will count as having quit if they reported having abstained from smoking cigarettes/cigars for seven consecutive days and if this report is corroborated by carbon monoxide and cotinine testing.

The link to the complete study profile: https://ichgcp.net/clinical-trials-registry/NCT04717544

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