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A randomized clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of CO-oximetry and anti-smoking brief advice in a cohort of kidney transplant patients who smoke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Salvador Pita-Fernández, Rocío Seijo-Bestilleiro, Sonia Pértega-Díaz, Ángel Alonso-Hernández, Constantino Fernández-Rivera, Mercedes Cao-López, Teresa Seoane-Pillado, Beatriz López-Calviño, Cristina González-Martín, Francisco Valdés-Cañedo

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Biomedical risk assessment as an aid for smoking cessation.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Salvador Pita-FernándezClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, Hotel de Pacientes, 7a, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain. salvador.pita.fernandez@sergas.es.
Rocío Seijo-BestilleiroClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, Hotel de Pacientes, 7a, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain.
Sonia Pértega-DíazClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, Hotel de Pacientes, 7a, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain.
Ángel Alonso-HernándezNephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Constantino Fernández-RiveraNephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Mercedes Cao-LópezNephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Teresa Seoane-PilladoClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, Hotel de Pacientes, 7a, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain.
Beatriz López-CalviñoClinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, Hotel de Pacientes, 7a, As Xubias, 84, 15006, A Coruña, Spain.
Cristina González-MartínClinical Epidemiology Research Group, Health Sciences Department, Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería y Podología, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Campus de Ferrol, 15471, Ferrol, Spain.
Francisco Valdés-CañedoNephrology Department, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), SERGAS, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
Servicio Gallego de Salud · ESComplexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ESInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña · ESUniversidade da Coruña · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe cardiovascular risk in renal transplant patients is increased in patients who continue to smoke after transplantation. The aim of the study is to measure the effectiveness of exhaled carbon monoxide (CO) measurement plus brief advisory sessions, in comparison to brief advice, to reduce smoking exposure and smoking behavior in kidney transplant recipients who smoke. The effectiveness will be measured by: (1) abandonment of smoking, (2) increase in motivation to stop smoking, and (3) reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked per day. METHODS/

design

designa randomized, controlled, open clinical trial with blinded evaluation. SCOPE: A Coruña Hospital (Spain), reference to renal transplantation in the period 2012-2015. INCLUSION CRITERIA: renal transplant patients who smoke in the precontemplation, contemplation or preparation stages according to the Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change model, and who give their consent to participate. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: smokers attempting to stop smoking, patients with terminal illness or mental disability that prevents them from participating. RANDOMIZATION: patients will be randomized to the control group (brief advisory session) or the intervention group (brief advisory session plus measuring exhaled CO). The sample target size is n = 112, with 56 patients in each group. Allowing for up to 10 % loss to follow-up, this would provide 80 % power to detect a 13 % difference in attempting to give up smoking outcomes at a two-tailed significance level of 5 %. MEASUREMENTS: sociodemographic characteristics, cardiovascular risk factors, treatment, rejection episodes, infections, self-reported smoking habit, drug use, level of dependence (the Fagerström test), stage of change (Prochaska and DiClemente's Stages of Change model), and motivation to giving up smoking (the Richmond test). RESPONSE: the effectiveness will be evaluated every 3, 6, 9 and 12 months as: pattern of tobacco use (self-reported tobacco use), smoking cessation rates, carbon monoxide (CO) levels in exhaled air measured by CO-oximetry, urinary cotinine tests, nicotine dependence (Fagerström test), motivational stages of change (Prochaska and DiClemente's stages) and motivation to stop smoking (the Richmond test). ANALYSIS: descriptive statistics and linear/logistic multiple regression models will be performed. Clinical relevance will be measured as relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and the number needed to treat. ETHICS: informed consent of the patients and Ethical Review Board was obtained (code 2011/061). DISCUSSION: Tobacco is a modifiable risk factor that increase the risk of morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. If effectiveness of CO-oximetry is confirmed to reduce tobacco exposure, we would have an intervention that is easy to use, low cost and with great implications about cardiovascular risk prevention in these patients.

trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN16615772 . EudraCT number: 2015-002009-12.

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Breath TestsKidney TransplantationSmoking PreventionBiomarkersCarbon MonoxideClinical ProtocolsHealth BehaviorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansMotivationPredictive Value of TestsProspective StudiesResearch DesignRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSmokingBiomarkersCarbon MonoxideCarbon monoxideKidney transplantationNicotine dependenceSmoking cessation

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PMID27036112
PMCPMC4818538
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