Effectiveness of the Evaluation and Communication of "Pulmonary Age" as Help for Smoking Cessation

NCT ID: NCT04276116

Last Updated: 2024-01-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

800 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-27

Study Completion Date

2026-03-31

Brief Summary

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The experimental design is a cluster randomized trial in 2 parallel groups: an intervention group with assessment of the pulmonary age and a control group without.

The population studied is patients aged 25 or more, smoking for more than a year, seen in general practice consultation, for any reason.

The progress of the study will be composed of an inclusion visit (M0) with a pulmonary age estimation for the intervention group and an measurement of the exhaled carbon monoxide for both groups, then a follow-up visit 6 months after the inclusion (M6) with an exhaled carbon monoxide measure for both groups, and a phone call at 12 months (M12) with a quality of life survey for both groups.

The primary outcome is the smoking cessation at 6 months, confirmed by the carbon monoxide exhaled, at a scheduled consultation with the General practitioner (GP).

Detailed Description

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Few scientific studies evaluate the pharmacological and non-pharmacological measurement of pulmonary age for smoking cessation. Moreover, existing research studies provide contradictory results.

DESCRIPTION OF THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Experimental design Cluster randomized controlled trial on the center (= medical practices) in 2 parallel groups (intervention group (pulmonary age estimation) and control group (no pulmonary age estimation)).

National multicentric research:

33 participating centers (= medical practices), located in France. 3 referring physicians (=regional coordinators) were identified to energize the team of investigators and facilitate inclusions. There are 3 in Ile de France and 1 in PACA.

Randomization

General practitioners who agree to participate in this study will be randomized according to a computerized procedure and centralized in 2 groups (=randomization in a cluster on the center (medical office)):

1. a group providing routine smoking cessation management (control group), which will not receive any specific guidance on the means to be used in this management.
2. a group providing routine smoking cessation management, accompanied by estimation and communication to the patient of the pulmonary age, measured using a PulmoLife electronic device. (Intervention Group)

Consenting patients will then receive smoking cessation assistance from their physician according to the randomization arm in which the physician is assigned (usual versus usual management + pulmonary age estimate and patient information). Patients will be called to the doctor's office 6 months later to measure the expired CO and complete a questionnaire on their tobacco consumption.

RESEARCH PROCESS

Patients will be invited to participate in the study by the general practitioner during a consultation, regardless of the reason for the consultation (tobacco-related or not)

Inclusion visit (M0)

During this visit, the inclusion and non-inclusion criteria will be verified. The general practitioner will present the study to the patient in detail (an information note on the study will have been given to him/her beforehand in the waiting room). If the patient agrees to participate in the study, his or her informed and written consent will be obtained.

The information collected by the general practitioner will be:

* socio-demographic data: age, sex, family situation, level of education, occupation, health insurance coverage (yes/no)
* overall health and co-morbidities
* smoking history: age of smoking onset, current number of cigarettes per day, average number of cigarettes since smoking began
* the number of withdrawal attempts, the maximum duration of withdrawal, the methods used, the date of the last attempt
* nicotine dependence (short Fagerström test), motivation to stop (Prochaska)
* chronic pathologies
* other addictions: collection of cannabis consumption
* respiratory symptoms (GOLD-CNAM questionnaire)
* overall health status (EQ-5D questionnaire)
* measurement of expired CO
* set of spirometric data from Pulmolife (FEV1, pulmonary age) (only for the "intervention" group) (= pulmonary age estimate)

It should be noted that whatever the group, the doctor will follow the patient according to current recommendations and his usual practice of managing smoking cessation.

6-month follow-up visit (+/- 15 days) (M6)

This visit will take place in both groups, 6 months +/- 15 days after the patient's inclusion.

During this visit, the doctor will collect:

* current smoking status (over the last 15 days)
* the measurement of expired CO
* the number of withdrawals attempts since inclusion, the duration of the attempts, the average number of cigarettes per day over the period
* the withdrawal assistance methods used during the period
* respiratory symptoms (GOLD-CNAM questionnaire)
* overall health status (EQ-5D questionnaire)
* intercurrent events
* the number of visits to the physician

12 months visit (+/- 15 days) (M12)

During this visit (which will be made in the 2 groups of patients), will be collected by the doctor:

* Global health status data (EQ-ED)
* smoking status (over the last 15 days)
* the number of withdrawals attempts since inclusion, the duration of the attempts, the average number of cigarettes per day over the period
* the withdrawal assistance methods used during the period
* respiratory symptoms (GOLD CNAM questionnaire)
* intercurrent events
* the number of visits to the physician

This visit will correspond to the end of the patient's participation in the study.

EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION

Description of efficacy evaluation parameters

The parameters for evaluating the effectiveness of the intervention are:

* Smoking cessation rate at 6 months from the intervention. Smoking cessation will be confirmed by measuring the exhaled CO at a scheduled 6-month follow-up consultation with the general practitioner
* Persistence of withdrawal at 12 months assessed by patient questionnaire: persistence of smoking cessation yes/no
* Smoking cessation rate at 12 months
* Characteristics of smoking cessation evaluated by questionnaire/patient:
* Smoking cessation yes/no, if no: reduction in tobacco consumption yes/no and number of cigarettes smoked per day at M6 versus M0
* Older smoking cessation for patients who have quit smoking
* Number of smoking cessation attempts within 6 months of the intervention and pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures implemented, including the use of alternative therapies (hypnosis, acupuncture, auriculotherapy, relaxation, etc.)
* Satisfaction of general practitioners measured by a satisfaction score on a Likert scale from 1 to 10

Conditions

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Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Usual Care

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Usual care + communication of pulmonary age

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pulmonary age

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Communication of pulmonary age

Interventions

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Pulmonary age

Communication of pulmonary age

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Patient 25 years of age or older
* Smoker for a year or more
* Patient giving informed and written consent to participate in the study
* Patient affiliated to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

* Known respiratory illness, chronic or acute in progress or less than 3 weeks old (BPCO, asthma, other respiratory disease
* Refusal
* Myocardial infarction less than a year
* Chest or abdominal pain preventing or limiting completion of the forced exhalation maneuver necessary for evaluation of "pulmonary age", whatever the cause
* Oral or facial pain exacerbated by the mouthing of the mouthpiece
* Stress urinary incontinence
* Mental confusion or dementia
* Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
* Major protected
* Do not understand french
Minimum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Nicolas Roche, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Locations

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Hôpital Saint Antoine

Paris, , France

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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France

Central Contacts

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Jean Sebastien Cadwallader, MD

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 48 11 22 00

Christelle Auger

Role: CONTACT

+33 1 58 41 11 86

Facility Contacts

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Jean Sebastien Cadwallader, MD

Role: primary

+33148112200

References

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Parkes G, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Dent R. Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step2quit randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2008 Mar 15;336(7644):598-600. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39503.582396.25. Epub 2008 Mar 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18326503 (View on PubMed)

Lorenzo A, Noël F, Lorenzo M, Van Den Broucke J. Intérêt de la spirométrie en médecine générale pour la motivation au sevrage tabagique. Étude pilote de faisabilité et intérêt de l'" âge pulmonaire ".Rev Mal Respir. 13 févr 2017

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Kotz D, Wesseling G, Huibers MJ, van Schayck OC. Efficacy of confronting smokers with airflow limitation for smoking cessation. Eur Respir J. 2009 Apr;33(4):754-62. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00116308. Epub 2009 Jan 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19129277 (View on PubMed)

Morris JF, Temple W. Spirometric "lung age" estimation for motivating smoking cessation. Prev Med. 1985 Sep;14(5):655-62. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(85)90085-4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 4070195 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2019-A02060-57

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

APHP180456

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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