Evaluation of National Cancer Institute Young Adult Stop-Smoking Program

NCT01885052 | Completed Phase 2

• 2 other identifiers: 99991315613-C-N156
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,432
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Background: \- Researchers want to see how well the QuitTXT text-message program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking. This is part of a larger online stop-smoking program by the National Cancer Institute. The QuitTXT program is a 2-week countdown to the smoker s quit date with 6 weeks of follow-up messages. Program participants will receive texts on their cell phones, including tips, information, and motivational messages, and then fill out surveys. Objectives: \- To study how well the QuitTXT program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking. Eligibility: \- Adults ages 18 29 who have smoked on at least 5 of the past 30 days and who want to stop smoking in the next 30 days. Design:

• Participants will receive a certain number of text messages during the 8-week study. They will receive between 0 to 5 messages per day (or up to a total of 130 messages).
• Participants will first fill out a survey about their smoking and quitting experiences. Then they will choose a date to quit smoking (a quit date ) between 2 and 3 weeks after this survey.
• Participants will take four other surveys online, one during the program and three more after they ve completed the program. Each survey will take about 10 20 minutes and asks about their smoking habits and views on smoking and quitting. Each survey will be sent by email, with reminders sent by email or telephone.
• Participants will receive an iTunes or Amazon gift card for completing each survey honestly.

Conditions

Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Cigarette Smoking; Tobacco, Smoking

Keywords

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial; Text Messaging Program; Smoking Cessation Aid

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quit smoking status

  1, 3, and 6 month follow up

Study Arms (3)

1

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Receives weekly assessment messages ONLY

Behavioral: Low Contact

2

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Receives two week countdown messaging to quit date, and weekly assessment messages post quit date

Behavioral: QuitTXT Study

3

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Receives two week countdown messages to quit date, receives mulitiple messages per day post quit date with tips, encouragement and supportive messaging

Behavioral: QuitTXT Study

Interventions

QuitTXT Study BEHAVIORAL

Assess the efficacy of a 6-8 week text message program to help young adults quit smoking.

2; 3

Low Contact BEHAVIORAL

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 29 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

* For this study, we will recruit smokers aged 18 to 29 who have smoked on at least 5 of the last 30 days and who are interested in stopping smoking in the next 30 days. To be eligible, a young adult must meet the following criteria: Ages 18-29 years Reside in the US Smoke cigarettes at least 5 days/month Be interested in quitting cigarette use Not be involved in a cessation program Have an active email account Be able to receive text messages on their cell phone Be the only member of your household participating in this study Be willing to share contact information with the study team in order to share information about the study on a timely basis.

Contact the study team to discuss eligibility requirements. They can help determine if this study is right for you.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Cancer Institute (NCI): lead

Study Sites (1)

National Cancer Institute (NCI), 9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

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  PMID: 10842426 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 3346434 BACKGROUND

• Squiers L, Brown D, Parvanta S, Dolina S, Kelly B, Dever J, Southwell BG, Sanders A, Augustson E. The SmokefreeTXT (SFTXT) Study: Web and Mobile Data Collection to Evaluate Smoking Cessation for Young Adults. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Jun 27;5(2):e134. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5653.

  PMID: 27349898 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Cigarette Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Health Behavior; Tobacco Smoking; Tobacco Use

Study Officials

• Erik M Augustson, Ph.D.

  National Cancer Institute (NCI)

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: phase 2
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: NIH
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 20, 2013
• First Posted: June 24, 2013
• Study Start: June 12, 2013
• Primary Completion: October 12, 2014
• Study Completion: May 28, 2015
• Last Updated: December 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2016-04-27

Locations

US (1)