NCT00627185

Brief Summary

This is a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) to test the efficacy of an internet continuing dental education intervention designed to increase tobacco cessation counseling in dental practices. The intervention involves surveying practices regarding preventive care, surveying adult patients about their tobacco habits and preventive care provided by dental practice and training/educating the dentist and office staff on tobacco cessation. With patients who smoke and indicate that they have quit, we followed up with testing their saliva for the presence of cotinine. We have enrolled general dentists and periodontists who practice in the Southeastern United States.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
190

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for early_phase_1

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2003

Longer than P75 for early_phase_1

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2003

Completed
4.5 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

February 14, 2008

Completed
15 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

February 29, 2008

Completed
3 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2008

Completed
2 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

August 1, 2008

Completed
Last Updated

March 9, 2015

Status Verified

August 1, 2010

Enrollment Period

4.8 years

First QC Date

February 14, 2008

Last Update Submit

March 5, 2015

Conditions

Tobacco Use Disorder

Keywords

Tobacco controlTobacco cessationTobacco use

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Our primary outcome measures are patient-reported provider delivered tobacco screening and tobacco cessation advice.

    Baseline, 8-months post-intervention, and 24-months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (1)

  • Point prevalence smoking cessation

    six-months after index visit for patients who smoke

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group (dental practices) that received the interactive motivational website for patient tobacco cessation

Behavioral: Internet-delivered continuing professional development

2

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Control group (dental practices) that did not receive any materials or resources on tobacco cessation. This is a wait-list control.

Other: No intervention arm

Interventions

Internet-delivered continuing professional developmentBEHAVIORAL

Interactive motivational website for dentists and hygienists with practice improvement resources, discussion forum, and educational cases on cessation counseling with email reminders.

Also known as: Internet, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Tobacco Use Cessation
1
No intervention armOTHER
2

Eligibility Criteria

Age19 Years+
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • general dental practices that have internet access
  • Periodontal practices that have internet access
  • patients of participating dental or periodontal practices

You may not qualify if:

  • patients who were 18 years of age and younger

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

  • Houston TK, Funkhouser E, Allison JJ, Levine DA, Williams OD, Kiefe CI. Multiple measures of provider participation in Internet delivered interventions. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2007;129(Pt 2):1401-5.

    PMID: 17911944BACKGROUND

  • Houston TK, Richman JS, Ray MN, Allison JJ, Gilbert GH, Shewchuk RM, Kohler CL, Kiefe CI; DPBRN Collaborative Group. Internet delivered support for tobacco control in dental practice: randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2008 Nov 4;10(5):e38. doi: 10.2196/jmir.1095.

    PMID: 18984559RESULT

  • Holliday R, Hong B, McColl E, Livingstone-Banks J, Preshaw PM. Interventions for tobacco cessation delivered by dental professionals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Feb 19;2(2):CD005084. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005084.pub4.

    PMID: 33605440DERIVED

  • Houston TK, Delaughter KL, Ray MN, Gilbert GH, Allison JJ, Kiefe CI, Volkman JE; National Dental PBRN Collaborative Group. Cluster-randomized trial of a web-assisted tobacco quality improvement intervention of subsequent patient tobacco product use: a National Dental PBRN study. BMC Oral Health. 2013 Feb 23;13:13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6831-13-13.

    PMID: 23438090DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use DisorderTobacco Use CessationTobacco Use

Interventions

Patient PortalsQuality Assurance, Health CareTobacco Use Cessation Devices

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Substance-Related DisordersChemically-Induced DisordersMental DisordersHealth BehaviorBehavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Records, PersonalMedical RecordsRecordsData CollectionEpidemiologic MethodsInvestigative TechniquesQuality of Health CareHealth Services AdministrationHealth Care Quality, Access, and EvaluationTherapeutics

Study Officials

  • Thomas K Houston, MD

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
early phase 1
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Who Masked
PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

February 14, 2008

First Posted

February 29, 2008

Study Start

September 1, 2003

Primary Completion

June 1, 2008

Study Completion

August 1, 2008

Last Updated

March 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2010-08

Locations

US(1)