Smartphone Application Smoking Cessation Study

NCT04623736 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 3643
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 152
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if using the smartphone application quitSTART can help people quit smoking and to understand how use of specific smartphone application features when trying to quit smoking is associated with success.

Conditions

Tobacco Use

Keywords

Tobacco use; Smoking cessation; Smartphone applications; mHealth

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Self-reported 7-day smoking abstinence - 2 weeks

  "Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days?" self-reported by the participant

  2 weeks

• Self-reported 7-day smoking abstinence - 4 weeks

  "Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days?" self-reported by the participant

  4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Self-reported continuous smoking abstinence - 2 weeks

  2 weeks

• Self-reported continuous smoking abstinence - 4 weeks

  4 weeks

Study Arms (1)

quitSTART

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: quitSTART

Interventions

quitSTART BEHAVIORAL

All participants will have access to the Smokefree.gov Initiative smoking cessation smartphone application, quitSTART. This app is available, at no cost, to anyone who owns a smartphone and is interested in quitting smoking. All smokers who download quitSTART are asked to provide basic information about themselves (e.g., age, sex, reason to quit smoking, triggers to smoke, when users typically smoke, how users plan to celebrate success, smoking frequency, age when started smoking regularly, ethnicity, race, cigarettes smoked per day), and set a quit date. Information about cessation and challenges to help support quitting are available, as well as games and tracking features. While using the app, users can proactively report cigarette cravings, if they slipped, if they are feeling "down" or feeling "great". If a user reports a craving, they have the option to mark the timing or location of the craving and request a reminder to resist future cravings at the same time or location.

quitSTART

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Cigarette smoker
• Smoked at least 100 cigarettes
• Able to read and speak English
• Owns a smartphone
• years of age or older
• USA resident

You may not qualify if:

• Not a cigarette smoker
• has not smoked at least 100 cigarettes
• Not able to read and speak English
• Does not own a smartphone
• Under 18 years of age
• Not a US resident
• Currently pregnant

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Virginia: lead
• National Cancer Institute (NCI): collaborator
• ICF International: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Siegel LN, Wiseman KP, Budenz A, Prutzman Y. Identifying Patterns of Smoking Cessation App Feature Use That Predict Successful Quitting: Secondary Analysis of Experimental Data Leveraging Machine Learning. JMIR AI. 2024 May 22;3:e51756. doi: 10.2196/51756.

  PMID: 38875564 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Tobacco Use; Smoking Cessation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Health Behavior

Study Officials

• Kara P Wiseman

  University of Virginia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 30, 2020
• First Posted: November 10, 2020
• Study Start: October 19, 2020
• Primary Completion: May 12, 2021
• Study Completion: June 10, 2021
• Last Updated: November 10, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: After study completion

Locations

US (1)