Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Sarah Lewis
ORCID ID
Contact details
Division of Respiratory Medicine
Clinical Sciences Building
City Hospital
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom
+44 (0)115 8404761
sarah.lewis@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
PG/04/073
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
That systematically identifying smokers who want to quit smoking using general practice registers and questionnaires, and pro-actively referring them to use a range of evidence-based smoking cessation interventions will be effective and cost effective in encouraging more widespread smoking cessation.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Cluster randomised controlled parallel group trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Smoking
Intervention
Participants in intervention practices will be asked whether they would like help or advice to stop smoking. A research nurse trained in smoking cessation methods will telephone these individuals, provide brief advice on smoking cessation according to evidence-based guidelines and encourage smokers to contact and use the local smoking cessation service, New Leaf.
Participants in control practices receive no intervention.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Point abstinence (for ≥7 days) at 6 months
Secondary outcome measures
Access and uptake of smoking cessation services by 6 months.
Number of quit attempts lasting more than 24 hours over 6 months.
Cost effectiveness of this intervention.
Overall trial start date
01/01/2005
Overall trial end date
31/01/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients within the practice aged 18 or over who are current smokers
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Adult
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
24 practices, 12 intervention and 12 control
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/01/2005
Recruitment end date
31/01/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Division of Respiratory Medicine
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
United Kingdom
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
British Heart Foundation (UK) (ref: PG/04/073)
Alternative name(s)
BHF
Funding Body Type
private sector organisation
Funding Body Subtype
Trusts, charities, foundations (both publically funded and privately funded)
Location
United Kingdom
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2008 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18422823
Publication citations
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Results
Murray RL, Coleman T, Antoniak M, Stocks J, Fergus A, Britton J, Lewis SA, The effect of proactively identifying smokers and offering smoking cessation support in primary care populations: a cluster-randomized trial., Addiction, 2008, 103, 6, 998-1006; discussion 1007-8, doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02206.x.