A Trial to Test the Efficacy of a Tailored Intensive Smoking Cessation Intervention in Persons With HIV (PWHs)

Montefiore Medical Center147 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether an intensive, eight session behavioral intervention is superior to standard care in achieving abstinence from cigarettes in smokers living with HIV/AIDS.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

147

Conditions

Smoking HIV Infections AIDS

Interventions

Positively Smoke FreeBEHAVIORAL

An eight session, group therapy intervention targeting smokers living with HIV/AIDS

Standard careBEHAVIORAL

Advice to quit, smoking cessation brochure, and offer of nicotine patches

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * HIV-infection * current cigarette smoker * high motivation to quit Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * breastfeeding

Locations (1)

Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Three month point-prevalence abstinence from cigarettes

Time frame: 3 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes

Three month continuous abstinence from cigarettes

Time frame: Three months post-intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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