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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN55572965
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DOI
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10.1186/ISRCTN55572965
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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EudraCT number
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Public title
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Randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a schools-based, peer-led, smoking intervention
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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ASSIST (A Stop Smoking in Schools Trial)
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Serial number at source
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G9900538
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Study hypothesis
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1. To ascertain whether peer-leaders can be recruited and trained to reduce take-up of smoking among their peers and encourage those peers to maintain their non-smoking status
2. To ascertain whether those peer-leaders may also impact on smoking cessation among peers
3. To assess the costs of the intervention against a range of outcomes using a 'costs & consequences' approach
4. To undertake a process evaluation and produce an intervention manual
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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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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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Public health, social medicine
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Year 8 pupils in state secondary schools, where schools, parents and pupils agree to participation
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Not provided at time of registration
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Anticipated start date
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01/01/2001
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Anticipated end date
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30/04/2005
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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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750
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Interventions
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Smoking behaviour of Year 8 pupils, followed up for 2 years
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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Change in smoking prevalence among the 'high risk' group (experimenters, ex-smokers and less than weekly smokers), change in prevalence in the year group. Smoking prevalence is operationalised as that proportion having smoking in the last 7 days.
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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Perception of norms regarding adolescent smoking, intention to quit.
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Sources of funding
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Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
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Trial website
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Publications
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1. 2005 protocol: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15847695
2. 2008 results: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18468543
3. 2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19684123
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Contact name
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Prof
Laurence
Moore
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Address
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School of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
King Edward VII Ave
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City/town
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Cardiff
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Zip/Postcode
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CF10 3WT
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)29 208 75387
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Fax
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+44 (0)29 208 79054
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Email
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MooreL1@cf.ac.uk
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Sponsor
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Cardiff University (UK)
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Address
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Cardiff University
Main Building
Park Place
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City/town
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Cardiff
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Zip/Postcode
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CF10 3XQ
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Country
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United Kingdom
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Tel
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+44 (0)29 2087 4000
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Email
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/
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Date applied
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25/10/2000
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Last edited
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24/11/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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25/10/2000
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