Innovative Web-Based Intervention for Smoking Cessation Among College Students
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interventional
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Brief Summary
Tobacco use is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. Because smokers who quit by age 30 have cancer death risk similar to non-smokers, promoting cessation early in life is critical. U.S. colleges/universities, enrolling \>14 million students/year (40% of those aged 18 to 24), are an important venue to reach young adult smokers. While daily tobacco use in the U.S. has declined to 18.1%, nondaily smoking (smoking on some days but not every day) is increasing, particularly among young adults and African Americans. Moreover, young smokers and nondaily smokers (half of young adult smokers), respectively, are less likely to seek help in quitting; thus, innovative strategies are needed to assist cessation early in life, particularly among those who may not be motivated to quit or seek help. Unfortunately, no research has focused on developing a cessation intervention that addresses a broad range of smoking patterns (nondaily to daily smoking) or diverse campus settings among ethnically diverse student populations. Web-based interventions offer promise in helping college students to quit, given high rates of Internet use and web capacity to provide tailored cessation messages. A novel approach to delivering cessation information via the web might be to address broader lifestyle issues and apply market research strategies to identify market segments of smokers (groups of people with similar interests, goals, values) in order to target and engage these groups more effectively. Applying this strategy to an online cessation intervention should enhance both intervention use and processing of intervention messages, leading to greater abstinence rates. The investigators aim to: (1) develop and refine a tailored web-based intervention for smoking cessation targeting college students with a range of smoking levels; (2) test the usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the intervention among college student smokers; and (3) determine the potential effect of the intervention on smoking cessation, smoking level, quit attempts, and contextual factors.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_1
Started Jan 2013
Shorter than P25 for phase_1
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 3, 2013
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2013
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
July 1, 2013
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 13, 2013
CompletedDecember 5, 2013
December 1, 2013
6 months
January 3, 2013
December 3, 2013
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Intervention acceptability
We will assess the acceptability of the intervention (i.e., reported satisfaction and engagement with the intervention).
Week 6
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Cessation
Week 6, Week 12
Cigarette consumption
Week 6, Week 12
Quit Attempts
Week 6, Week 12
Study Arms (2)
Online intervention arm
EXPERIMENTALBi-weekly (MTh) for 6 weeks, participants will receive an email asking them to report number of cigarettes smoked, alcoholic drinks, engagement in physical activity, and overall mood the two-three days before. Upon answering, they will be launched to the site which will contain health messaging focused on smoking and other health topics.
Online control arm
ACTIVE COMPARATORControl participants will receive bi-weekly emails (MTh) over 6 weeks but in the context of a standard smoking cessation website. Because we are primarily testing the check-ins, tailored feedback, and market research-based mini-drama and other web content, we feel that this control group will isolate the hypothesized active elements of our program.
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- age ≥ 18 and less than 30,
- enrolled at least part-time,
- intending to be in one of the two participating schools (Georgia State University, Valdosta State University) for the academic year,
- able to read English, and
- any cigarette smoking in previous 30 days.
You may not qualify if:
- Significant mental health problems.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Emory Universitylead
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)collaborator
- Georgia State Universitycollaborator
- Valdosta State Universitycollaborator
Study Sites (1)
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 1
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Assistant Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 3, 2013
First Posted
November 13, 2013
Study Start
January 1, 2013
Primary Completion
July 1, 2013
Study Completion
July 1, 2013
Last Updated
December 5, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-12