A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

NCT03259360 | Completed

• 3 other identifiers: PA-15-263R21MD011765K23DA032578
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 165
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The 2-year research plan will test the Put It Out Project (POP) in a pilot randomized trial (N=120) compared to TSP and two historical control conditions. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities, and use Facebook. The primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 mos.

Conditions

Tobacco Use; Smoking; Tobacco Dependence; Tobacco Use Disorder; Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking, Cigarette; Smoking, Tobacco

Keywords

Tobacco; Gender Identity Minority; Sexual Identity Minority; Cessation; Intervention; Young Adults; Social Media; Internet; Cigarette

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months

  Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

  3 months post baseline

• 7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months

  Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

  6 months post baseline

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%

  3 and 6 months post baseline

• Tobacco use quit attempts

  3 and 6 months post baseline

• Readiness to quit tobacco

  3 and 6 months post baseline

• Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence

  3 and 6 months post baseline

Study Arms (2)

The Put It Out Project (POP):

EXPERIMENTAL

a culturally tailored intervention developed for SGM young adults on Facebook

Behavioral: POP:

Tobacco Status Project (TSP):

EXPERIMENTAL

the original TSP intervention (non-tailored) delivered to groups of only SGM participants on Facebook

Behavioral: TSP:

Interventions

POP: BEHAVIORAL

90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly live sessions targeting tobacco use and tailored to sexual and gender minority young adults

The Put It Out Project (POP):

TSP: BEHAVIORAL

90 days of Facebook messaging, weekly live sessions targeting tobacco use

Tobacco Status Project (TSP):

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• read English
• between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• identifies as SGM

You may not qualify if:

• do not read English
• are not between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• does not identify as SGM

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco: lead
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD): collaborator
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Ramo DE, Thrul J, Chavez K, Delucchi KL, Prochaska JJ. Feasibility and Quit Rates of the Tobacco Status Project: A Facebook Smoking Cessation Intervention for Young Adults. J Med Internet Res. 2015 Dec 31;17(12):e291. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5209.

  PMID: 26721211 BACKGROUND

• Thrul J, Klein AB, Ramo DE. Smoking Cessation Intervention on Facebook: Which Content Generates the Best Engagement? J Med Internet Res. 2015 Nov 11;17(11):e244. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4575.

  PMID: 26561529 BACKGROUND

• Ramo DE, Thrul J, Delucchi KL, Ling PM, Hall SM, Prochaska JJ. The Tobacco Status Project (TSP): Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a Facebook smoking cessation intervention for young adults. BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 15;15:897. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2217-0.

  PMID: 26374203 BACKGROUND

• Ramo DE, Rodriguez TM, Chavez K, Sommer MJ, Prochaska JJ. Facebook Recruitment of Young Adult Smokers for a Cessation Trial: Methods, Metrics, and Lessons Learned. Internet Interv. 2014 Apr;1(2):58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2014.05.001.

  PMID: 25045624 BACKGROUND

• Ramo DE, Liu H, Prochaska JJ. A mixed-methods study of young adults' receptivity to using Facebook for smoking cessation: if you build it, will they come? Am J Health Promot. 2015 Mar-Apr;29(4):e126-35. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.130326-QUAL-128. Epub 2014 Feb 27.

  PMID: 24575728 BACKGROUND

• Vogel EA, Ramo DE, Meacham MC, Prochaska JJ, Delucchi KL, Humfleet GL. The Put It Out Project (POP) Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers: Outcomes of a Pilot, Randomized, Controlled Trial. Nicotine Tob Res. 2020 Aug 24;22(9):1614-1621. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz184.

  PMID: 31562765 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use; Smoking; Tobacco Use Disorder; Tobacco Use Cessation; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Cigarette Smoking

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Substance-Related Disorders; Chemically-Induced Disorders; Mental Disorders; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Gary L. Humfleet, PhD

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 21, 2017
• First Posted: August 23, 2017
• Study Start: April 23, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 20, 2019
• Study Completion: February 28, 2020
• Last Updated: January 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)