Strategies to Help Adult ED Patients Quit Smoking

Completed 336 enrolled National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief, focused intervention in the hospital emergency department is effective in helping adults quit smoking.

Timeline

Start: 2006-01
Primary completion: 2007-04
Completion: 2008-05

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper CONCLUSIONS: The primary endpoint was negative, reflecting a higher-than-expected quit rate in the control group. PMID 21676054 ↗

paper Enhanced and usual care arms showed similar cessation rates at 3 months (14.7% vs. 13.2%, respectively). PMID 21676054 ↗

Publications

Bernstein SL, Cooperman N, Jearld S, Moadel A, Bijur P, Gallagher EJ. Predictors of in-person follow-up among subjects in an ED-based smoking cessation trial. Am J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov;30(9):2067-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.06.011. Epub 2012 Sep 20. No abstract available.
Bernstein SL, Bijur P, Cooperman N, Jearld S, Arnsten JH, Moadel A, Gallagher EJ. A randomized trial of a multicomponent cessation strategy for emergency department smokers. Acad Emerg Med. 2011 Jun;18(6):575-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01097.x.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Nicotine	Unknown	—	Other