Quit For Life (QFL): Smoking Cessation Among Chinese Smokers Living With HIV

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

109

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 24, 2022

Primary Completion Date

August 1, 2023

Study Completion Date

August 1, 2023

Conditions
Smoking CessationHIV Infections
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Sessions with a trained counselor

4 sessions will be provided with a trained counselor who will discuss the participant's' smoking habits with them and strategies to help them quit. The first session is in-person, lasts for 20 minutes, and typically happens when the participant comes to the HIV clinic to pick up their medication. Sessions 2 through 4 are over the telephone and last for 15 minutes each. These occur 1 week, 4 weeks, and 8 weeks after the first session.

OTHER

Cell phone messages

Brief messages that give tips to help quit smoking will be sent to participants' cell phones using WeChat. 3 messages per day will be sent for the first week, 2 messages per day for the next 3 weeks, 1 message per day for the next 1 week, and 1-2 messages per week for the rest of the time

OTHER

Offered nicotine replacement therapy

Participants will be offered nicotine replacement therapy (gum or patch, depending on which one is available).

OTHER

Self-help guide for quitting smoking

Participants will be offered a self-help guide with information about quitting smoking.

Trial Locations (2)

530021

Guangxi Medical University, Guangxi

02118

Boston Medical Center, Boston

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

lead

Boston Medical Center

OTHER