Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2013
A randomized controlled trial of a smoking cessation intervention conducted among prisoners.
Trial report in Addiction (Abingdon, England), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Nicotine-dependent Arrestees: a Monocentric Randomized Simple Blind Study
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Incarcerated Men: Efficacy and Predictors of Treatment Outcomes
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cessation classification likelihood increases with higher expired-air carbon monoxide cutoffs: a meta-analysis.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Pooled it
- Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Smoking in Correctional Settings Worldwide: Prevalence, Bans, and Interventions.Epidemiologic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of health and behavioural outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in prisons.Tobacco control · 2016Pooled it
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of interventions to improve the health of persons during imprisonment and in the year after release.American journal of public health · 2015Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Identifying significant contributors for smoking cessation among male prisoners in Australia: results from a randomised clinical trial.BMJ open · 2020Trial
- Predictors of medication adherence and smoking cessation among smokers under community corrections supervision.Addictive behaviors · 2017Trial
- Heroin use impairs smoking cessation among Australian prisoners.BMC public health · 2013Trial
- Antidepressants for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- Nine years of smoking data from incarcerated men: A call to action for tobacco dependence interventions.Preventive medicine reports · 2022Article
- Extending smoking abstinence after release from smoke-free prisons: protocol for a randomised controlled trial.Health & justice · 2017Article
- Correlates of unsuccessful smoking cessation among adults in Bangladesh.Preventive medicine reports · 2017Article
- Using Bayes factors for testing hypotheses about intervention effectiveness in addictions research.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2016Review
- Health-care interventions to promote and assist tobacco cessation: a review of efficacy, effectiveness and affordability for use in national guideline development.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2015Review
- Smoke-free policies in U.S. Prisons and jails: A review of the literature.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2015Review
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
aimTo evaluate the efficacy of nortriptyline (NOR) added to a multi-component smoking cessation intervention, which included cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and provision of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).
designRandomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing two study groups with blinded follow-up at 3, 6 and 12 months. Both groups received a multi-component smoking cessation intervention comprising two half-hour individual sessions of CBT and NRT with either active NOR or placebo.
settingPrisons in New South Wales (17) and Queensland (one), Australia.
participantsA total of 425 male prisoners met inclusion criteria and were allocated to either treatment (n = 206) or control group (n = 219). MEASUREMENTS: Primary end-points at 3, 6 and 12 months were continuous abstinence, point prevalence abstinence and reporting a 50% reduction in smoking. Smoking status was confirmed by expired carbon monoxide, using a cut-point of ≤10 parts per million.
findingsParticipants' demographics and baseline tobacco use were similar in treatment and control groups. Based on an intention-to-treat analysis, continuous abstinence between the treatment and control groups was not significantly different at 3 months (23.8 versus 16.4%), 6 months (17.5 versus 12.3%) and 12 months (11.7 versus 11.9%).
conclusionAdding nortriptyline to a smoking cessation treatment package consisting of behavioural support and nicotine replacement therapy does not appear to improve long-term abstinence rates in male prisoners.
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