Recruiting

Tobacco Smoke Reduction

Sponsor:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Code:

NCT00142623

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases

Heart Diseases

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 16+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Tailored DVDs

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the efficacy of five tailored DVDs in reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) among low income pregnant/postpartum women.

Conditions

Cardiovascular Diseases

Heart Diseases

Study ID

NCT00142623

Start date

Feb, 2006

Status verified date

Jul, 2008

Completion date

Feb, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 16+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Women who attend their first prenatal visit by 16 weeks gestation
  • Women exposed to tobacco smoke daily

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Women expecting complications or multiple births

Study Design

Enrollment

650 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: 1

Use of five tailored "take-home" DVDs aimed at reducing exposure to ETS

no intervention: 2

Usual care

Interventions

Tailored DVDs

Five DVDs aimed at reducing exposure to ETS

Primary outcome measure

  • Saliva cotinine concentration of mother [ Time Frame: Measured at 34 weeks gestation ]
  • ETS self-report [ Time Frame: Measured at 34 weeks gestation and 6 months postpartum ]
  • ETS exposure of infant by self-report of mother [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 months postpartum ]
  • Salvia cotinine concentration of infant [ Time Frame: Measured at 6 months postpartum ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Thomas M. Lasater, PhD

401-863-6550Thomas_Lasater@Brown.edu

Locations

Brown University

Recruiting

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Contacts

Thomas M. Lasater, PhD

401-793-8316THOMAS_LASATER@BROWN.EDU

Principal Investigator:

Thomas M. Lasater, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Last update posted

Jul 30, 2008

Last verified

Jul, 2008

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) on 2008-07-30.