Reducing Ethnic Health Disparities: Motivating HIV+ Latinos to Quit Smoking (AURORA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00503230 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: July 18, 2007
Last Update Posted
: May 3, 2013
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Tobacco Dependence HIV Infections | Behavioral: Standard Care Intervention (SCI) Behavioral: Culturally Tailored Intervention (CTI) | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 400 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Reducing Ethnic Health Disparities: Motivating HIV+ Latinos to Quit Smoking |
Study Start Date : | October 2005 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | July 2011 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | July 2011 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Active Comparator: Standard Care Intervention (SCI) |
Behavioral: Standard Care Intervention (SCI)
Standard Care Intervention (SCI)
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Active Comparator: Culturally Tailored Intervention (CTI) |
Behavioral: Culturally Tailored Intervention (CTI)
Culturally Tailored Intervention (CTI)
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- Smoking Cessation [ Time Frame: 6 and 12 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be receiving care for HIV at one of the participating immunology clinics
- Self-identify as being Latino/Hispanic (defined as being 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation from any of the Spanish-speaking countries of North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean).
- Be 18 years old or older.
- Be current smokers of cigarettes (past 7 days)
- Speak English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Are pregnant or nursing
- Have uncontrolled hypertension
- Use other forms of tobacco like cigars or chewing tobacco or are using anything else to help them quit smoking
- Are allergic to the nicotine patch or have a skin condition like eczema or psoriasis that makes them unable to use the patch

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00503230
United States, Massachusetts | |
Lowell Community Health Center | |
Lowell, Massachusetts, United States, 01854 | |
Greater New Bedford Community Center | |
New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, 02740 | |
Dimock Community Health Center | |
Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States, 02129 | |
Family Health Center of Worcester | |
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, 01610 | |
United States, New York | |
Montefiore Medical Center | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10467 | |
United States, Rhode Island | |
Rhode Island Hospital HIV Clinic | |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903 | |
Butler Hospital | |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906 | |
The Miriam Hospital Immunology Clinic | |
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02906 |
Principal Investigator: | Cassandra Stanton, Ph.D. | Butler Hospital/Brown University |
Responsible Party: | Butler Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00503230 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
R01DA018079 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
First Posted: | July 18, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 3, 2013 |
Last Verified: | May 2013 |
Keywords provided by Butler Hospital:
tobacco smoking HIV Latino |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections Tobacco Use Disorder Lentivirus Infections Retroviridae Infections RNA Virus Infections Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral |
Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Substance-Related Disorders Chemically-Induced Disorders Mental Disorders |