Clinical trial · Interventional
Long-term Effectiveness of Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy: A 5-year Follow-up
NCT03097445CI-TRIAL-00042969completedN/AClinicalTrials.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)
This study will perform a 5-year follow-up survey of participants in a randomized controlled trial that evaluated the effectiveness of providing 5 weeks of free NRT (in the form of the nicotine patch) by expedited postal mail without behavioural assistance to regular adult smokers recruited across Canada interested in receiving it (clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01429129).
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking Cessation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicotine patch | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- description
- mailed 5 week course of transdermal nicotine patches
- interventionNames
- Drug: Nicotine patch
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- No intervention control group
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Smoking Cessation
- timeFrame
- 5-years post intervention
- description
- self-reported 30-day point prevalence abstinence
Secondary outcomes (2)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age and older * Current daily smokers who smoke 10 or more cigarettes per day * Interested in being involved in a smoking study * Willing to be interviewed at baseline, 8 weeks and 6 months after * Willing to provide a saliva sample for cotinine analysis at each time point * Interest in using nicotine patch to quit smoking * Intent to use nicotine patch within one week of receiving it * Willing to have nicotine patch sent to their home Exclusion Criteria: * Have a medical condition that would would make participation medically hazardous as determined by the list of contraindications for NRT outlined in the CPS and the NRT package insert * Pregnant, intending on becoming pregnant, or nursing
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDSchell C, Godinho A, Kushnir V, Cunningham JA. To send or not to send: weighing the costs and benefits of mailing an advance letter to participants before a telephone survey. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Nov 15;11(1):813. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3920-6. PMID 30442187
- DERIVEDKushnir V, Selby P, Zawertailo L, Tyndale RF, Leatherdale ST, Cunningham JA. Long-term effectiveness of mailed nicotine replacement therapy: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial 5-year follow-up. BMC Public Health. 2017 Jul 18;18(1):28. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4586-z. PMID 28720080