Cell Phone-Based Expert Systems for Smoking Cessation

NCT01454999 | Completed Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: 2009-05/PJJ 0001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 446
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project aims to enhance the emotional and physical well-being of veterans through the reduction of smoking by utilizing a web-based, computerized tailored intervention (CTI) with feedback messages delivered via cell phone. CTIs have shown increasing promise as useful behavior change programs for improved health behaviors. A variety of modalities are to deliver personalized CTI information and feedback; however, the ubiquity and sophistication of today's wireless mobile technologies represent new modes of delivery for empirically based smoking cessation and other behavioral health interventions. The CTI is based on the empirically-supported Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM). A web-based CTI modified for a veteran population will be used to pilot test the effectiveness of the CTI alone and CTI plus individualized text messaging enhancements. The pilot study is a randomized controlled trial to assess the cell phone's feasibility as an intervention modality for changing smoking behaviors. This will be the first study to adapt a smoking cessation Internet-based CTI to provide personalized feedback on a cell phone to reduce smoking behaviors in military veterans.

Conditions

Smoking

Keywords

veteran; smoking; stage of change; cell phone; computerized tailored intervention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Smoking prevalence

  7-day point prevalence (self-report)

  3-months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Stage of Change

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

CTI

EXPERIMENTAL

Web-based computerized, tailored intervention (CTI) for smoking cessation, based on the transtheoretical model of change.

Behavioral: CTI

CTI + text

EXPERIMENTAL

Web-based computerized, tailored intervention (CTI) for smoking cessation, based on the transtheoretical model of change. Tailored feedback messages based on stage of change will also be sent by cell phone.

Behavioral: CTI

Interventions

CTI BEHAVIORAL

Web-based computerized, tailored intervention (CTI) for smoking cessation, based on the transtheoretical model of change.

CTI; CTI + text

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Male and female veterans, OIF/OEF service preferred 18 years or older Current cigarette smoker Own cell phone with text messaging capabilities Ability to read and comprehend English Beginner level computer literacy Access to a computer with Internet connectivity

You may not qualify if:

• Lack of basic computer literacy Non-smoker (includes smokeless tobacco use) Unable to read and comprehend English No access to computer with Internet connectivity (applicable if no project computer with Internet access can be arranged) Non-owner of cell phone with text messaging capabilities

Sponsors & Collaborators

• VA Pacific Islands Health Care System: lead
• U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

VA Pacific Islands Health Care System

Honolulu, Hawaii, 96819, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Patricia J Jordan, PhD

  Pacific Health Research & Education Institute

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: FED
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 14, 2011
• First Posted: October 19, 2011
• Study Start: September 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2012
• Last Updated: March 17, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)