Tailored Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers
RealU
RealU: Tailored Web and Peer Email Cessation Counseling for College Smokers
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Brief Summary
The RealU2 is a randomized controlled trial to determine the efficacy of an online health and wellness program for young adults with the addition of individualized peer health coaching.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started May 2011
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2011
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 1, 2011
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 1, 2011
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 21, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 23, 2012
CompletedMay 23, 2012
May 1, 2012
6 months
May 21, 2012
May 21, 2012
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Self-reported 30-day abstinence at Week 12
Participants were asked how many days they had smoked in the past 30 days during the follow-up survey conducted 12-13 weeks post-enrollment.
12 weeks post-enrollment
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Self reported 7-day abstinence at 7 weeks
7-weeks post-enrollment
Self-reported 7-day abstinence at Week 12
12-weeks post-enrollment
Study Arms (3)
Control
SHAM COMPARATORParticipants randomized to this group received access to an untailored general interest/lifestyle website.
Tailored Health and Lifestyle Web
EXPERIMENTALParticipants randomized to this arm received tailored web content about health and wellness, with weekly goal-setting and feedback.
Tailored Web plus Peer Coaching
EXPERIMENTALParticipants randomized to this arm received access to weekly tailored health and wellness web content, plus weekly feedback from a peer health coach (videos uploaded to the web and phone calls).
Interventions
The tailored website included 6 weeks of content about making healthy lifestyle choices, eating breakfast, exercising, reducing drinking and quitting smoking. Each week, participants were asked to check in with their past week's behavior, and to set goals for the next week's check-in.
Participants chose a peer coach, who reviewed the participant's check-in data and goals, and provided personalized feedback to help the participant reach those goals. Interaction took place via personalized videos recorded each week and uploaded to a participant's web profile, and through pro-active phone calls to the participants each week.
Content about lifestyle issues (music, travel, dating) was created for participants assigned to the control group. There was new web content each week for 6 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Age 18-35
- Able to read English
- Internet access for the next 3 months
- Self-reported internet use of more than once per week
- Smoked at least one puff of a cigarette in the past 30 days
You may not qualify if:
- Use of smokeless tobacco in the past 30 days
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 21, 2012
First Posted
May 23, 2012
Study Start
May 1, 2011
Primary Completion
November 1, 2011
Study Completion
November 1, 2011
Last Updated
May 23, 2012
Record last verified: 2012-05