Clinical trial · Interventional
Alcohol Counseling for Telephone Quitline Callers
Advancing Tobacco and Cancer Control: Reducing Alcohol Use to Promote Smoking Cessation
NCT01120080CI-TRIAL-00044406completedPhase 1 / Phase 2ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The goal of this study is to train phone counselors working for the New York (NY) State Smokers' Quitline to advise callers who drink at hazardous levels to limit or abstain from alcohol use to determine whether this improves smoking cessation outcomes so that we can establish effect size estimates for a full scale multi-site trial.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Dependence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Nicotine Dependence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Smoking | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Intervention Counseling | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Practical Counseling | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- PLACEBO_COMPARATOR
- label
- Practical Counseling
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Practical Counseling
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Alcohol Intervention Counseling
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Alcohol Intervention Counseling
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Efficacy of advice to limit or abstain from alcohol use in improving smoking cessation.
- timeFrame
- 6 Months
- description
- To determine if advice to limit or abstain from alcohol use results in improved smoking cessation outcomes in 1,950 smokers who drink at hazardous levels and are calling a telephone Quitline.
Secondary outcomes (3)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults (18+ years) * Cigarette smokers requesting assistance with quitting smoking * Hazardous drinkers (per NIAAA criteria) Exclusion Criteria: * Eligible for Enhanced Services Program
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDToll BA, Martino S, O'Malley SS, Fucito LM, McKee SA, Kahler CW, Rojewski AM, Mahoney MC, Wu R, Celestino P, Seshadri S, Koutsky J, Hyland A, Cummings KM. A randomized trial for hazardous drinking and smoking cessation for callers to a quitline. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2015 Jun;83(3):445-54. doi: 10.1037/a0038183. Epub 2014 Nov 24. PMID 25419583