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Remote Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllUniversity of Vermont Medical Center
NCT05738408 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The investigators are proposing to examine new strategies for helping patients hospitalized for an acute coronary event adhere to recommendations to quit smoking. The investigators are interested to see whether offering financial incentives for smoking cessation, combined with medications to ameliorate withdrawal, can significantly reduce smoking in a population for which continued smoking has disproportionately negative health effects. The proposed trial can provide significant knowledge for promoting adherence to smoking cessation guidelines in patients with cardiac disease

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: Patients will be recruited if they: 1. Hospitalization for an acute coronary event which includes myocardial infarction or coronary revascularization (percutaneous intervention or coronary artery bypass) 2. live within 30 miles of UVMMC and are \>18 years of age 3. Current cigarette smoker (defined as reporting any use of cigarettes in the week before admission and \>5 cigarette/day on average over the past 3 months) Exclusion Criteria: Patients will be excluded if they have: 1. severe dementia/Alzheimer's disease 2. an active malignancy, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer or low-grade prostate cancer under active surveillance 3. exercise limiting vascular or neuromuscular disease 4. Non-English Speaking 5. No reliable smart-phone 6. Current, regular use of smokeless tobacco or other form of non-combusted tobacco
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What it tests

  • Financial Incentives (FI) and Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)
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Where

1 site
University of Vermont Medical Center
Burlington, United States
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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