Overview

Health Literacy and Smoking Cessation in Low-SES Diverse Smokers - Project HALT II

Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2018-12-14
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
In-Depth Interviews: The goal of this research study is to learn about ways to help people might have trouble understanding health information quit smoking. Pilot Study: The goal of this research study is to test 2 different approaches, Standard Treatment (ST) and Helping Adults with Health Literacy Trouble (HALT) tailored treatment, for helping smokers who might have trouble understanding health information with quitting smoking.
Phase:
Early Phase 1
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Details
Lead Sponsor:
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Treatments:
Nicotine
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

1. (IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS - INCLUSION CRITERIA; 2-6)

2. Age 25-65 years

3. Current smoker (>/= 5 cigarettes/day for the last year)

4. Limited or marginal HL (total score
5. Have a home address where information can be mailed and a working telephone

6. English speaker

7. Currently attending Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes at Literacy Advance of Houston

8. (PILOT STUDY - INCLUSION CRITERIA; 8-13)

9. Age 25-65 years

10. Current smoker (>/= 5 cigarettes/day for the last year; biochemically verified with
expired carbon monoxide (CO) reading of >/=8 parts per million [ppm])

11. Limited or marginal HL (total score
12. Motivated to quit smoking within the next 30 days

13. Have a home address where information can be mailed and a working telephone

14. English speaker

15. Currently attending Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes at Literacy Advance of Houston

Exclusion Criteria:

1. (IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS - EXCLUSION CRITERIA; 2-5)

2. Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes

3. Current use of tobacco cessation medications

4. Pregnancy or lactation

5. Enrolled in another smoking cessation study/program

6. (PILOT STUDY - EXCLUSION CRITERIA; 7-12)

7. Contraindication for nicotine patch

8. Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes

9. Current use of tobacco cessation medications

10. Pregnancy or lactation

11. A household member is enrolled in the study

12. Enrolled in another smoking cessation study/program