Ask Advise Connect (AAC) Harris Heath CPRIT

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

• Ages 18 years and older
• All sexes
• Healthy volunteers accepted
• Adult, Older adult

Study population: Patients from the Harris Health System Community Health Clinics

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

About this study

Official title: Implementation of an Automated EMR System to Connect Smokers in a Safety Net Healthcare System With Smoking Cessation Treatment

Conditions

Tobacco Use Cessation

Being tested

Quitline-Delivered Proactive Telephone Counseling, Follow-Up Phone Call, Smoking Cessation Training, Qualitative Interviews Concerning the Implementation of AAC

Keywords

Cancer Prevention, Tobacco Use Cessation, Ask Advise Connect, AAC, Smoking Cessation Treatment, Texas Quitline, Saliva sample, Telephone Counseling, Nicotine replacement, Interviews

Medical subject headings

Tobacco Use Cessation

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

• Quitline-Delivered Proactive Telephone CounselingBehavioural

  Smokers who enroll in treatment receive standard counseling protocol offered by the Quitline. This includes up to five proactive telephone counseling calls, each designed to provide practical expert support to help smokers develop problem-solving and coping skills, secure social support, and design a plan for successful cessation and long-term abstinence.

• Follow-Up Phone CallBehavioural

  Six months after enrolling in treatment with the Texas Quitline, an MD Anderson research team member will contact patients to assess their smoking status via telephone.

• Smoking Cessation TrainingBehavioural

  Medical staff (i.e., medical assistants, licensed vocational nurses, registered nurse and physicians) receive initial face-to-face group training on how to ask patients about their smoking status, advise them to quit, and connect them with the Quitline. The specific content of the session will include information on quitting smoking, how to implement AAC, the effectiveness of telephone counseling for smoking cessation delivered via quitlines, and pharmacotherapies including nicotine replacement.

• Qualitative Interviews Concerning the Implementation of AACBehavioural

  MD Anderson staff conduct individual in-depth interviews with administrative leadership as well as those medical staff who are authorized to enter patient information into the EMR and are trained in the Ask-Advise-Connect approach. All in-depth interviews will be recorded and transcribed.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

1. Evaluate the Reach of Ask Advise Connect (AAC) Smoking Cessation Program

   Reach defined as the proportion of smokers that enroll in treatment with the Quitline. To evaluate the reach of AAC, we will calculate the proportion of smokers seen at the 13 Harris Health System community health clinics during the two-year treatment dissemination period that enroll in treatment with the Quitline.

   Measured: 2 years

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

1. First posted11 Feb 2013 (estimated)
2. Study startApr 2013
3. Primary completionApr 2049 (estimated)
4. Study completionApr 2049 (estimated)

Resources

• Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
• Other trials for Tobacco Use CessationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
• More trials run by M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
• What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.