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Solitary Pulmonary NoduleTeaMOUTNCT04574518

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

A study testing TeaM OUT Intervention in people with Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 3 sites in United States.

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Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

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… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
What is being tested?
TeaM OUT Intervention
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
223 participants
Where
3 sitesUnited States
Study dates
12 Aug 2022to 30 Oct 2026
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • 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)

Who cannot join

  • -No exclusion criteria

Trial locations and contacts

3 sites in 1 country.

United States3 sites
  • Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29401-5703

  • Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55417-2309

  • VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

    Portland, Oregon, 97207-2964

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About this study

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

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.

Being tested
TeaM OUT Intervention, Enhanced Usual Care
Keywords
tobacco use cessation, smoking, evaluation study
Medical subject headings
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule, Multiple Pulmonary Nodules, Tobacco Use, Tobacco Use Cessation, Smoking

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • TeaM OUT InterventionBehavioural

    The TeaM OUT Intervention has 2 elements: 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.

  • Enhanced Usual CareBehavioural

    The Enhanced Usual Care arm also has two elements: 1) a letter that a) describes the nodule without linking it to smoking cessation (i.e. no teachable moment) with b) wording to contact an Optional IVR Quit line if desired and 2) the Optional IVR Quit line which a) offers smoking cessation resources and b) helps connect the patient to those resources.

Study groups in NCT04574518
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TeaM OUT InterventionExperimentalThe TeaM OUT Intervention has 2 elements: 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.
Receives: Behavioral: TeaM OUT Intervention
Enhanced Usual CareOtherThe Enhanced Usual Care arm also has two elements: 1) a letter that a) describes the nodule without linking it to smoking cessation (i.e. no teachable moment) with b) wording to contact an Optional IVR Quit line if desired and 2) the Optional IVR Quit line which a) offers smoking cessation resources and b) helps connect the patient to those resources.
Receives: Behavioral: Enhanced Usual Care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. IVR connection to smoking cessation service

    A positive (yes) response is a completed call to a patient who then indicates (by pressing the number keypad) to be connected to one or more smoking cessation resources. In the control group, if the patient calls the Optional IVR Quitline and then requests to be connected to smoking cessation resources it is counted as a positive response. Each patient will be categorized as a "yes" after her/his first positive response to the system, regardless of how many times he/she actually engages with the system.

    Measured: 56 weeks after nodule identification

  2. 7-day point prevalence nicotine abstinence

    Aim 2: Participants will be considered to have quit smoking (including non-combustible) if they respond "no" to the question, "Have you smoked a cigarette (regular or e-cigarette), even a puff, in the past 7 days?"

    Measured: 56 weeks after exposure to TeaM OUT Intervention or Enhanced Usual Care

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Utilization of cessation resources

    Aim 1: Utilization includes new prescriptions and refills for nicotine-replacement therapies, anti-smoking medications, referrals to smoking cessation counseling, and attendance of smoking cessation counseling session, as recorded in the electronic health record.

    Measured: 72 weeks after nodule identification

  2. Incremental Behavior Change Toward Smoking Cessation (IBC-S)

    Aim 2: Measure is the summed score of the Incremental Behavior Change toward Smoking cessation (IBC-S) scale.

    Measured: 56 weeks after exposure to TeaM OUT Intervention or Enhanced Usual Care

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted5 Oct 2020
  2. Study start12 Aug 2022
  3. Primary completion31 Mar 2026
  4. Study completion30 Oct 2026 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Sequential
Model description
The investigators will use a stepped wedge cluster design to randomize at the clinic level (including both community-based outpatient clinics and the main medical center) at each of the 3 sites. The investigators will first institute Enhanced Usual Care for 6 months at each community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC)/medical center. Using a random number generator, the investigators will divide the CBOCs/medical center in the 3 facilities in 4 steps. The investigators will randomize one CBOC at each site to the intervention (interactive voice response quit line) in the first step. For steps 2-4, the investigators will randomize one third of the remaining CBOCs at each facility per step every 6 months.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
223 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04574518
Sponsor's protocol ID
IIR 19-425
Acronym
TeaMOUT
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
3 Sep 2020
Last updated
4 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: De-identified data will be saved in our IRB-approved Health Services Research Repository (Portland VA IRB #3535) at the conclusion of the study and requests for access can be submitted to the study team.

Publications

  • Reinke LF, Sullivan DR, Slatore C, Dransfield MT, Ruedebusch S, Smith P, Rise PJ, Tartaglione EV, Vig EK, Au DH. A Randomized Trial of a Nurse-Led Palliative Care Intervention for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Lung Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2022 Nov;25(11):1668-1676. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2022.0008. Epub 2022 Jun 1.

    PubMed 35649214
  • Wiener RS, Barker AM, Carter-Harris L, Caverly TJ, Crocker DA, Denietolis A, Doherty C, Fagerlin A, Gallagher-Seaman M, Gould MK, Han PKJ, Herbst AN, Ito Fukunaga M, McCullough MB, Miano DA, Quaife SL, Slatore CG, Fix GM. Stakeholder Research Priorities to Promote Implementation of Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening: An American Thoracic Society and Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar 15;205(6):619-630. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202201-0126ST.

    PubMed 35289730
  • Nunez ER, Caverly TJ, Zhang S, Glickman ME, Qian SX, Boudreau JH, Miller DR, Slatore CG, Wiener RS. Factors Associated With Declining Lung Cancer Screening After Discussion With a Physician in a Cohort of US Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2227126. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27126.

    PubMed 35972738
  • Lewis JA, Wiener RS, Slatore CG, Spalluto LB. Doing Versus Documenting Shared Decision-Making for Lung Cancer Screening-Are They the Same? J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Aug;19(8):954-956. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2022.03.019. Epub 2022 May 18. No abstract available.

    PubMed 35594952
  • Slatore CG, Golden SE, Thomas T, Patzel M, Bumatay S, Shannon J, Davis M. Beliefs and Practices of Primary Care Providers Regarding Performing Low-Dose CT Studies for Lung Cancer Screening. Chest. 2022 Mar;161(3):853-859. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.08.062. Epub 2021 Sep 1. No abstract available.

    PubMed 34480957
  • Lewis JA, Samuels LR, Denton J, Matheny ME, Maiga A, Slatore CG, Grogan E, Kim J, Sherrier RH, Dittus RS, Massion PP, Keohane L, Roumie CL, Nikpay S. The Association of Health Care System Resources With Lung Cancer Screening Implementation: A Cohort Study. Chest. 2022 Sep;162(3):701-711. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.03.050. Epub 2022 Apr 9.

    PubMed 35413280
  • Braithwaite D, Karanth SD, Slatore CG, Zhang D, Bian J, Meza R, Jeon J, Tammemagi M, Schabath M, Wheeler M, Guo Y, Hochhegger B, Kaye FJ, Silvestri GA, Gould MK. Personalised Lung Cancer Screening (PLuS) study to assess the importance of coexisting chronic conditions to clinical practice and policy: protocol for a multicentre observational study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jun 22;12(6):e064142. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064142.

    PubMed 35732383
  • Wang Q, Stone K, Kern JA, Slatore CG, Swanson S, Blackstock W Jr, Khan RS, Smith CB, Veluswamy RR, Chidel M, Wisnivesky JP. Adverse Events Following Limited Resection versus Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Early Stage Lung Cancer. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Dec;19(12):2053-2061. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202203-275OC.

    PubMed 35816617
  • Gundle K, Hooker ER, Golden SE, Shull S, Crothers K, Melzer AC, Slatore CG. Use of Veterans Health Administration Structured Data to Identify Patients Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening. Mil Med. 2023 Jul 22;188(7-8):e2419-e2423. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usad017.

    PubMed 36722178
  • Golden SE, Schweiger L, Melzer AC, Ono SS, Datta S, Davis JM, Slatore CG. "It's a decision I have to make": Patient perspectives on smoking and cessation after lung cancer screening decisions. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Oct 5;30:102014. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.102014. eCollection 2022 Dec.

    PubMed 36237837
  • Nunez ER, Slatore CG, Tanner NT, Melzer AC, Crothers KA, Lewis JA, Fabbrini AE, Brown JK, Wiener RS. National Survey of Lung Cancer Screening Practices in Veterans Health Administration Facilities. Am J Prev Med. 2023 Nov;65(5):901-905. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 May 9.

    PubMed 37169315
  • Kearney LE, Butler C, Nunez ER, Qian S, Slatore CG, Spalluto L, Wiener RS. Highly variable reporting of incidental findings in a national cohort of US veterans screened for lung cancer. Clin Imaging. 2023 Aug;100:21-23. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.04.017. Epub 2023 May 2. No abstract available.

    PubMed 37146522
  • Nugent SM, Slatore CG, Winchell K, Handley R, Clayburgh D, Chandra R, Hooker ER, Knight SJ, Morasco BJ. Prevalence and correlates of high-dose opioid use among survivors of head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2023 Aug;45(8):2058-2067. doi: 10.1002/hed.27432. Epub 2023 Jun 27.

    PubMed 37366072
  • Vranas KC, Hooker ER, Golden SE, Nugent S, Slatore CG. Association of Communication Quality With Patient-Centered Outcomes Among Patients With Incidental Pulmonary Nodules. Chest. 2023 Aug;164(2):556-559. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.03.009. Epub 2023 Mar 11. No abstract available.

    PubMed 36907374
  • Rozema EJ, Creekmur B, Musigdilok VV, Steltz J, Gould MK, Slatore CG. Patient responses to passive enrollment into a large, pragmatic clinical trial: A qualitative content analysis. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Oct;121:106925. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106925. Epub 2022 Sep 13.

    PubMed 36108887

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing TeaM OUT Intervention in people with Solitary Pulmonary Nodule and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules, run by VA Office of Research and Development at 3 sites in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 4 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 3 sites in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

IVR connection to smoking cessation service (time frame: 56 weeks after nodule identification). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04574518, which also lists 26 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 4 Sep 2026.

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