N/A
N=55
An Intervention to Promote Smoking Cessation Among Adults With Food Insecurity
Smoking Cessation · Food Insecurity
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05259852 ↗Enrolled (actual)
55
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jul 2024
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of 24-hour Quit Attempts — 2.6; 1.8 number of 24-hour quit attempts
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Food Assistance and Cessation Resources Navigation Plus Economic Assistance (Behavioral); Food Assistance and Cessation Resources Navigation (Behavioral)
- Age
- Adult, Older Adult · 21+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
- Primary completion
- Apr 2023
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of 24-hour Quit Attempts |
2.6; 1.8 | — |
| PRIMARY Longest Length of Abstinence in Days |
18.7; 9.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Level of Food Security |
4; 4; 12; 7; 9; 8 | — |
Summary
This is a two-arm randomized controlled study with 60 participants. The study has two aims. The first aim is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a food assistance intervention to alleviate food insecurity during a smoking cessation attempt among low-income smokers with food insecurity. Smokers with recent food insecurity are recruited for a 12-week study that involves resources navigation for food assistance and tobacco cessation, with assessments at baseline and at 12 weeks. Participants are randomized to receive economic assistance for food in addition to resources navigation in the intervention arm, or randomized to receive resources navigation only in the control arm. The second aim is to estimate the preliminary impact of the intervention on food insecurity and tobacco cessation measures at 12 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Aged 21 or older
- Current tobacco smoker, defined as having smoked daily over the past 7 days
- Willing to make a serious quit attempt in the next 30 days ("Yes" to "In the next 30 days, are you willing to try quitting smoking for at least 24 hours?")
- Considered food insecure, based on past 30-day screening using the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign, or by virtue of having visited a food pantry in the past 30 days
- Primary food shopper of household, who does half or more of the household food shopping
- A reliable telephone number and a local mailing address where participant can be reached during the duration of the study
Exclusion Criteria
- Aged 20 or younger
- Non-smoker, or did not smoke daily over the past 7 days
- Not interested in quitting at this time, assessed by unwillingness to make a serious quit attempt in the next 30 days ("No" to "In the next 30 days, are you willing to try quitting smoking for at least 24 hours?")
- Did not recently experience food insecurity, based on past 30-day screening using the 2-item Hunger Vital Sign, or has not visited a food pantry in the past 30 days
- Not the primary food shopper of the household (does less than half of the household food shopping)
- Does not have a reliable telephone number and a local mailing address where participant can be reached during the duration of the study
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05259852). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.