Project CASA in Promoting Smoke-Free Indoor Air Policy in Mexican American Households

NCT00850954 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: 2006-0440NCI-2019-02502P30CA016672
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 168
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This trial studies the effect of an intervention program, Project CASA, on smoking cessation and reducing secondhand smoke exposure in Mexican American households. Project CASA, comprising pamphlets and fotonovelas (illustrated storybooks), may provide valuable information to participants on how to improve the air quality in their homes.

Conditions

Cigarette Smoker; Current Smoker; Currently Living With Smoker

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Level of nicotine measured at 6 month post intervention

  Method of analysis is a pre-post test analysis of covariance, ANCOVA, using a linear regression model (PROC REG in SAS). In this analysis, the prevalence of nicotine levels at the 6-month follow-up compared between conditions while controlling for baseline nicotine levels. Second hand smoke (SHS) exposure based on objective monitoring of SHS in each household (in the kitchen and TV room) over a 7-day period. A small, lightweight (16 gram) passive nicotine monitor used to measure exposure to nicotine.

  6 months after treatment

Study Arms (2)

Group I (smoking cessation)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive smoking cessation intervention materials based on TTM.

Behavioral: Smoking Cessation Intervention; Other: Survey Administration

Group II (informational)

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive fotonovelas and other materials on secondhand smoking and how to assist the smoker in quitting.

Other: Informational Intervention; Other: Survey Administration

Interventions

Informational Intervention OTHER

Receive information on secondhand smoke and supporting smoker in quitting

Group II (informational)

Smoking Cessation Intervention BEHAVIORAL

Receive smoking cessation materials based on TTM

Also known as: Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Interventions

Group I (smoking cessation)

Survey Administration OTHER

Ancillary studies

Group I (smoking cessation); Group II (informational)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Live in the targeted Mexican American neighborhoods.
• Can read Fotonovelas in English and Spanish.
• Access to telephone.
• Smoker in household (adult \[18+\] person living in the household who smokes INSIDE at least one cigarette a week).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

Related Links

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Website

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Smoking Devices

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Manufactured Materials; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Officials

• Alexander V Prokhorov

  M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2009
• First Posted: February 25, 2009
• Study Start: August 8, 2006
• Primary Completion: August 7, 2018
• Study Completion: August 7, 2018
• Last Updated: September 28, 2023

Record last verified: 2022-06

Locations

US (1)