Feasibility of implementing a novel behavioural smoking cessation intervention amongst human immunodeficiency virus-infected smokers in a resource-limited setting: A single-arm pilot trial.

Billy M Tsima Precious K Motlokwa Joyce Maunge Kitso Machangane Martha Kgogwane Tebogo Mudojwa Joseph Bastian Warren B Bilker Rebecca L Ashare Robert A Schnoll Robert Gross

Published in: Southern African journal of HIV medicine (2020)

A full-scale randomised control trial comparing BAPS-SC with usual practice is warranted to evaluate the efficacy of this novel intervention in these settings.

Keyphrases

smoking cessation
human immunodeficiency virus
randomized controlled trial
hepatitis c virus
replacement therapy
antiretroviral therapy
clinical trial
hiv infected
primary care
healthcare
quality improvement
study protocol
open label
hiv aids
hiv positive
double blind
placebo controlled