Salvation Army Tobacco Quit Line Referral Implementation Trial

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

Get a concise snapshot of the trial, including recruitment status, study phase, enrollment targets, and key timeline milestones.

Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

233 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-11-01

Study Completion Date

2026-08-31

Brief Summary

Review the sponsor-provided synopsis that highlights what the study is about and why it is being conducted.

The goal of this clinical trial is to understand how the Salvation Army staff can help people who use tobacco learn about and connect with no-cost treatments to help cut down or quit smoking. Researchers will gather information about the thoughts and experiences of people who smoke tobacco and receive services at the Salvation Army, as well as the experiences of the staff offering support to help treat tobacco use.

Related Clinical Trials

Explore similar clinical trials based on study characteristics and research focus.

Improving the Population-Wide Effectiveness of U.S. Tobacco Cessation Quitlines

NCT01087905

Smoking Smoking Cessation

COMPLETED PHASE4

Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment

NCT02506829

Smoking Smoking, Tobacco Tobacco Use Disorder

COMPLETED NA

Striving to Quit-Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line

NCT01569477

Smoking Cessation Smoking Nicotine Dependence

WITHDRAWN NA

Strategies to Connect Patients at Federally Qualified Health Clinics With Evidence Based Tobacco Cessation Treatment

NCT03900767

Current Smoker Tobacco Smoking Tobacco Use

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING NA

Improving Quitline Support Study

NCT03538938

Tobacco Use Cessation

COMPLETED PHASE4

Detailed Description

Dive into the extended narrative that explains the scientific background, objectives, and procedures in greater depth.

In this 2-year pilot study, a team of Salvation Army personnel and consumers will work with a member of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention Regional Outreach team to plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to connect Salvation Army service consumers with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line for help quitting smoking. The study team will pilot test and refine an enhanced implementation support protocol designed to help Salvation Army teams adapt quitline referral workflows and implementation strategies to fit well with the culture and climate of participating Salvation Army sites, and to enhance Salvation Army staff readiness to connect the consumers they serve with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The study team will also pilot test and refine a strategy that Salvation Army personnel can use to incentivize acceptance of Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line connections by consumers while they are at the Salvation Army service center. To evaluate and enhance the 2 implementation strategies of interest in this study (enhanced implementation support for personnel and an incentive for consumers to accept a connection with the Quit Line while at the Salvation Army), the study team will conduct qualitative interviews with both personnel and consumers at Salvation Army sites, and will collect survey data from personnel and consumers. Service records from both the Salvation Army and Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line will also be collected for this study to help evaluate the reach of the tobacco treatment intervention, and the representativeness of its reach across subpopulations of consumers. Data regarding the process of implementing Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line referral in the Salvation Army will also be gathered via observation and recordings of project team meetings. These sources of data will be integrated to help evaluate how well the strategies of interest work in 2 Salvation Army sites, and to refine these in preparation for a full-scale cluster-randomized clinical trial.

Conditions

See the medical conditions and disease areas that this research is targeting or investigating.

Tobacco Use Smoking Smoking Cessation

Study Design

Understand how the trial is structured, including allocation methods, masking strategies, primary purpose, and other design elements.

Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

In this pilot study, both participating Salvation Army sites will receive the experimental enhanced implementation support intervention, with the timing of launch staggered across sites to facilitate refinement of the implementation support intervention. Both sites will start implementing referral to the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line without consumer incentives for connecting with the Quit Line immediately, and will add these incentives a few months after launching Quit Line referral. The timing of incentive introduction will be staggered across the 2 pilot sites to permit refinement of the incentive strategy.

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

Review each arm or cohort in the study, along with the interventions and objectives associated with them.

Enhanced Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (WTQL) Referral Implementation Support

Both participating sites in this pilot study will be in this experimental enhanced implementation support arm to help us iteratively enhance the feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability of implementation strategies to support WTQL referral in these sites. Salvation Army personnel at participating sites will receive implementation training and ongoing support to help enhance the fit of WTQL referral in their workflows, culture, and climate, and to enhance staff readiness to connect the consumers they serve with the WTQL. No consumer incentives for connecting with the Quit Line immediately by phone will be offered in this arm so it can serve as active comparator condition for the incentivized arm described below.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-Motivational Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Salvation Army personnel will be trained to offer adult consumers who use tobacco cognitive-motivational feedback about tobacco use via a no-cost, web-based Qualtrics survey that assesses participant knowledge, beliefs, and priorities and provides feedback to promote knowledge of the costs and risks of smoking and knowledge of the costs and benefits of tobacco use treatment options, including Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line services. The survey is also designed to help participants weigh the importance of the pros and cons of continuing to use tobacco, and the pros and cons of trying to change their tobacco use.

Staff Tobacco Quit Line Referral Implementation Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Salvation Army personnel will receive training and will be engaged in efforts to plan, evaluate, adapt, and sustain tobacco treatment referral as part of the social services they provide to adult Salvation Army service consumers who use tobacco. Implementation support will take the form of ongoing engagement of an outreach specialist with a team of Salvation Army personnel and consumers who lead Quit Line referral efforts in the Salvation Army.

Incentivized Immediate Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line (WTQL) Referral

In this experimental condition, Salvation Army personnel will implement an incentive strategy designed to encourage Salvation Army consumers to accept immediate referral to the WTQL. The incentive strategy will be adapted by Salvation Army personnel to fit in the local context, and staff will receive training and ongoing support in implementation of the incentive strategy. The modest incentives will be added in a staggered manner across the 2 Salvation Army sites participating in this pilot trial, after at least 3 months of implementing WTQL referral without consumer incentives for immediate calls.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive-Motivational Feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Salvation Army personnel will be trained to offer adult consumers who use tobacco cognitive-motivational feedback about tobacco use via a no-cost, web-based Qualtrics survey that assesses participant knowledge, beliefs, and priorities and provides feedback to promote knowledge of the costs and risks of smoking and knowledge of the costs and benefits of tobacco use treatment options, including Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line services. The survey is also designed to help participants weigh the importance of the pros and cons of continuing to use tobacco, and the pros and cons of trying to change their tobacco use.

Staff Tobacco Quit Line Referral Implementation Support

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Salvation Army personnel will receive training and will be engaged in efforts to plan, evaluate, adapt, and sustain tobacco treatment referral as part of the social services they provide to adult Salvation Army service consumers who use tobacco. Implementation support will take the form of ongoing engagement of an outreach specialist with a team of Salvation Army personnel and consumers who lead Quit Line referral efforts in the Salvation Army.

Consumer Incentives for Immediate Referral to a Tobacco Quit Line

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Salvation Army personnel will offer an incentive to adult consumers who use tobacco to encourage immediate acceptance of a live call with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The incentive will be designed by Salvation Army personnel to fit the local context and to be sustainable over time, such as extra access to existing support or resources.

Interventions

Learn about the drugs, procedures, or behavioral strategies being tested and how they are applied within this trial.

Cognitive-Motivational Feedback

Salvation Army personnel will be trained to offer adult consumers who use tobacco cognitive-motivational feedback about tobacco use via a no-cost, web-based Qualtrics survey that assesses participant knowledge, beliefs, and priorities and provides feedback to promote knowledge of the costs and risks of smoking and knowledge of the costs and benefits of tobacco use treatment options, including Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line services. The survey is also designed to help participants weigh the importance of the pros and cons of continuing to use tobacco, and the pros and cons of trying to change their tobacco use.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Staff Tobacco Quit Line Referral Implementation Support

Salvation Army personnel will receive training and will be engaged in efforts to plan, evaluate, adapt, and sustain tobacco treatment referral as part of the social services they provide to adult Salvation Army service consumers who use tobacco. Implementation support will take the form of ongoing engagement of an outreach specialist with a team of Salvation Army personnel and consumers who lead Quit Line referral efforts in the Salvation Army.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Consumer Incentives for Immediate Referral to a Tobacco Quit Line

Salvation Army personnel will offer an incentive to adult consumers who use tobacco to encourage immediate acceptance of a live call with the Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line. The incentive will be designed by Salvation Army personnel to fit the local context and to be sustainable over time, such as extra access to existing support or resources.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Check the participation requirements, including inclusion and exclusion rules, age limits, and whether healthy volunteers are accepted.

Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 or older
* Involved in the management, delivery, or receipt of social services offered by a participating Salvation Army site, or a member of the University of Wisconsin-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention Outreach Team supporting Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line implementation
* Able to speak English, Spanish, or another language for which an interpreter is available