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NCT04574518Active, not recruiting

Teachable Moment to Opt-out of Tobacco: Interactive Voice Response Quit Line for Veteran Active Smokers With Lung Nodules

Teachable Moment to Opt-out of Tobacco (TeaM OUT): A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Intervention

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Sept 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a smoking cessation outreach intervention (TeaM OUT) on increasing use of smoking cessation resources in Veterans. The hypotheses are 1) patients included in the TeaM OUT group will have higher accession of cessation services, such as counseling and medication therapies, compared to patients in enhanced usual care and 2) more patients in the TeaM OUT group will have quit smoking at one year after the intervention. Veterans with a recently diagnosed lung nodule who currently smoke will receive the TeaM OUT intervention or Enhanced Usual Care. The TeaM OUT intervention has 2 parts: 1) a letter that a) describes the nodule and the importance of cessation related to the pulmonary nodule (i.e. teachable moment) and b) notification that a Proactive IVR Quit Line will initiate contact and 2) call(s) from the Proactive IVR Quit Line which a) offers smoking cessation resources and b) helps connect the patient to those resources. The enhanced usual care group will receive a letter that provides information about how to contact the IVR Quit Line. The IVR system will track referrals to cessation services. Additional information about smoking status and use of cessation resources will be collected from the electronic health record and surveys.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
223 (actual)
First submitted
3 Sept 2020
Start date
12 Aug 2022
Primary completion date
31 Mar 2026
Lead sponsor
VA Office of Research and Development
NCT number
NCT04574518

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Participants enrolled: 223
  • From 12 Aug 2022 to the primary completion date, 31 Mar 2026
  • 3 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other

  • -No exclusion criteria

Who the study is looking for

  • Newly diagnosed pulmonary nodule with plan for surveillance
  • Active smoker
  • Receiving care at the Portland VA Health Care System, the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, or the Ralph H. Johnson Medical Center (Charleston, SC VA)

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (3)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC
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CharlestonUnited StatesUnknown status
Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN
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MinneapolisUnited StatesUnknown status
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
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PortlandUnited StatesUnknown status

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