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Study name | Yorkshire Enhanced Stop Smoking (YESS) study: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of adding a personalized smoking cessation intervention to a lung cancer screening program |
Methods | RCT Setting: Yorkshire, UK |
Participants | Anticipated recruitment: 1040 people who smoke tobacco cigarettes Participants are aged 55 – 80, registered with a general practitioner (GP) in the Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group area and registered as a current or ex‐smoker in primary care databases Inclusion criteria:
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Interventions | Arm 1: enhanced, personalized smoking cessation (SC) support package, including CT scan images. SC support over 4 weeks comprising behavioral support, pharmacotherapy and/or a commercially‐available e‐cigarette Arm 2: continued standard best practice. |
Outcomes | Follow‐up contact will be requested at 4 weeks, 3 months and 12 months, with a 2‐week window to accommodate participant availability The primary objective is to measure 7‐day point prevalent carbon monoxide (CO)‐validated SC after 3 months Secondary outcomes include CO‐validated cessation at 4 weeks and 12 months, self‐reported continuous cessation at 4 weeks, 3 months and 12 months, attempts to quit smoking and changes in psychological variables, including perceived risk of lung cancer, motivation to quit smoking tobacco, confidence and efficacy beliefs (self and response) at all follow‐up points |
Starting date | January 2019 and December 2020 with follow‐up data collection ending December 2021 |
Contact information | Professor Rachael L Murray; rachael.murray@nottingham. ac.uk |
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