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Feasibility of Tobacco Assessment and Intervention With Low-Income Persons Living With HIV-AIDS (PLWHA) in Community-Based AIDS Service Organizations


N/A
18 Years
N/A
Open (Enrolling)
Both
Tobacco Cessation, HIV, AIDS

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Trial Information

Feasibility of Tobacco Assessment and Intervention With Low-Income Persons Living With HIV-AIDS (PLWHA) in Community-Based AIDS Service Organizations


Inclusion Criteria:



- Age 18 years or older as per self-report;

- English speaking;

- New York or New Jersey State resident;

- HIV-positive serostatus direct referral from a CAB agency staff member, which
verifies that the person is an HIV+ client, or by as verified by presentation of
medical evidence (i.e.,confirmatory test result, ARV prescription, M11Q form, or lab
results);

- Self-report of smoking > or = to 20 cigarettes (> or = to one pack) within the prior
7 days;

- To confirm smoking status, the carbon monoxide alveolar breath test must be > or = to
10 ppm;

- To confirm cognitive functioning, score on the in-person BLESSED Exam must be > or =
to 10;

- Low income, defined by either: 1) Proof of Medicaid insurance, or 2) Self-report of
income at 50% or below median income for New York State for New York State residents,
or if a New Jersey resident, at or below 50% median income for New Jersey

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of current severe psychopathology that would limit study participation
(e.g., unstable schizophrenia, bipolar disorder recent changes to medication
noncompliance);

- Currently receiving smoking cessation treatment elsewhere.

Type of Study:

Observational

Study Design:

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Outcome Measure:

Feasibility of a motivational tobacco cessation intervention

Outcome Description:

The study will test whether the percentage of eligible and enrolled study participants who complete the assigned intervention is significantly different from a population of percentages centered at 45%, i.e., the "null population percentage," considered a percentage too low to be compatible with feasibility."

Outcome Time Frame:

2 years

Safety Issue:

No

Principal Investigator

Jack Burkhalter, PhD

Investigator Role:

Principal Investigator

Investigator Affiliation:

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Authority:

United States: Institutional Review Board

Study ID:

11-173

NCT ID:

NCT01482923

Start Date:

November 2011

Completion Date:

November 2014

Related Keywords:

  • Tobacco Cessation
  • HIV
  • AIDS
  • Tobacco Use Assessment
  • smoke tobacco
  • quit smoking
  • tobacco cessation
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Community-Based Service Organizations
  • 11-173
  • Low-Income Persons Living with HIV/AIDS
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
  • HIV Infections

Name

Location

City College of New York New York, New York  10031