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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN13646973
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Does imaging atheroscopic plaque increase motivation to stop smoking? A pilot RCT study to assess potential effectiveness
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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N/A
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Serial number at source
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N0013146158
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Study hypothesis
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The aim of this investigation is to establish whether showing patients images of their own atherosclerotic arteries will motivate change in the patient's thoughts regarding their smoking habits. Do patients feel more motivated to stop smoking when they are visually confronted with the concrete damage that their smoking has incurred?
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Not provided at time of registration
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Study design
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Pilot randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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United Kingdom
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Mental and Behavioural Disorders: Smoking cessation
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Adult smokers (at least 1 cigarette per day) attending an outpatient vascular clinic at Guy's Hospital.
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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1. Inability to give informed consent
2. Understand the questionnaire or the nature of the ultrasound
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Anticipated start date
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15/03/2004
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Anticipated end date
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15/06/2005
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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60-80 subjects required
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Interventions
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Vascular outpatients are randomly allocated to either be shown a picture of their own damaged arteries, an index of vascular disease and a picture of a healthy artery or a control group without this intervention. Questionnaires regarding the patients intention to stop smoking will be completed by both groups.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Patients' intention to stop smoking.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Not provided at time of registration
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Sources of funding
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Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK), Own Account NHS R&D Support Funding
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Trial website
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Publications
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2007 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17456286
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Contact name
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Prof
Therese
Marteau
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Address
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Department of Academic Psychiatry
F05 Thomas Guy House
Guy's Hospital
St Thomas Street
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SE1 9RT
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44(0)20 7188 0192
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Email
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therese.marteau@kcl.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
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Address
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The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall
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City/town
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London
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Zip/Postcode
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SW1A 2NL
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)20 7307 2622
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Email
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dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/Home/fs/en
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Date applied
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29/09/2006
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Last edited
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06/01/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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29/09/2006
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