Center for Disease Control (CDC) Fax to Quit/Academic Detailing Grant

NCT00989755 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: M-2008-1335
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 49
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate Fax to Quit (F2Q) - a strategy that links state quitlines to health care delivery systems. FQ capitalizes upon the healthcare visit as an opportunity for intervention, consistent with the finding that approximately 70% of smokers visit a primary care physician each year. Successful integration of quitlines into healthcare delivery will transform regular healthcare visits into easily implemented, cost-beneficial avenues via which smokers all across America will be routinely inducted into effective cessation intervention. F2Q will be evaluated as follows:

1. 1.Does F2Q increase contacts and "quality contacts," between the quitline and patients who smoke and receive health care at a participating clinic? A "quality contact" is defined as a quitline referral that results in the individual enrolling in the quitline counseling services. This aim will be assessed by measuring the rates of quitline referrals in 49 clinics before and after F2Q has been implemented.
2. 2.Are contact rates and enrollment rates of F2Q increased by "Enhanced Academic Detailing" at clinic sites (with enhanced academic detailing comprising ongoing training/technical assistance as well as performance feedback)?
3. 3.What are the features of the Fax to Quit (F2Q) and Fax to Quit plus Enhanced Academic Detailing (F2Q + EAD) interventions that key clinic personnel found helpful and easy to implement, as well as features that were unhelpful and difficult? This information will be gathered in qualitative assessments that also will identify clinic strategies and organizational features that facilitated successful implementation.
4. 4.What are the incremental costs of instating and sustaining F2Q and F2Q + EAD and how do these costs compare to other quitline promotional strategies (e.g., paid media, medication give-away programs)?

Conditions

Smoking

Keywords

Tobacco dependence treatment in primary health care setting; Fax to Quit; Fax to Quit plus Enhanced Academic Detailing; Fax referral; Quitline

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Fax to Quit referrals

  One year following enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Fax to Quit plus Enhanced Academic Detailing (F2Q + EAD)

EXPERIMENTAL

Clinics in this group receive Fax to Quit materials and in person training from a Regional Outreach Specialist (ROS). The ROS also provides on-going training/technical assistance and performance feedback.

Other: Fax to Quit (F2Q)

Fax to Quit alone

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Clinics in this group receive Fax to Quit materials and can download materials from a website.

Other: Fax to Quit (F2Q)

Interventions

Fax to Quit (F2Q) OTHER

Clinics in this group receive electronic and hard copies of all materials necessary for implementing Fax to Quit within their clinics.

Fax to Quit alone; Fax to Quit plus Enhanced Academic Detailing (F2Q + EAD)

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Adult (18 years of age or older)
• Smoker seeking medical care from general practice (internal medicine) clinic (clinic enrolled in study)
• Smoker motivated to make a quit attempt

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Madison: lead

Study Sites (1)

Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention

Madison, Wisconsin, 53711, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Sheffer MA, Baker TB, Fraser DL, Adsit RT, McAfee TA, Fiore MC. Fax referrals, academic detailing, and tobacco quitline use: a randomized trial. Am J Prev Med. 2012 Jan;42(1):21-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.08.028.

  PMID: 22176842 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Michael C Fiore, MD MPH MBA

  University of Wisconsin--CTRI

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 1, 2009
• First Posted: October 5, 2009
• Study Start: September 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: August 1, 2010
• Study Completion: August 1, 2011
• Last Updated: December 9, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-12

Locations

US (1)