mHealth for Smoking Cessation in Public Housing

NCT04657250 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: NCR191457
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Smoking rates among public housing residents are more than twice as high as in the general population. In August 2018, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required all public housing in the U.S. to become smoke-free. While HUD recommended that Public Housing Authorities provide smoking cessations services, at present, the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA) does not offer any cessation services to its residents. Low-income smokers face unique challenges to smoking cessation and require sustained support for smoking cessation. Digital interventions such as text messaging programs and quitline (QL) phone counseling are scalable, evidence-based interventions for smoking cessation that can provide support over an extended timeframe at low cost. The aim of this proposed research is to conduct a feasibility trial to assess the acceptability, levels of engagement, and preliminary efficacy of an integrated program that combines text-messaging for smoking cessation and text messages providing proactive linkage to the quitline compared to a single passive quitline text message referral among DCHA residents. The investigators hypothesize that the integrated program (combining text messages for smoking cessation and proactive quitline linkage) will yield significantly higher rates of quit attempts than passive quitline referral only.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Keywords

mobile phone; mHealth; text messaging

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Proportion of participants making a quit attempt

  not smoking for 24 hours or more because trying to quit smoking

  3 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Proportion of participants who quit smoking

  3 months

• Number of cigarettes smoked per day

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages

EXPERIMENTAL

Text messaging for smoking cessation + text messages with proactive linkage to quitline

Behavioral: Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages

Passive quitline referral

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Single text message with contact information for the Quitline

Behavioral: Passive quitline referral

Interventions

Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages BEHAVIORAL

Smoking cessation text messages will provide behavioral skills and support for quitting smoking. Quitline linkage text messages will include contact information for the quitline, option to be contacted by the quitline and active referral to the quitline upon setting a Quit Date.

Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages

Passive quitline referral BEHAVIORAL

Single text message with contact information for the Quitline

Passive quitline referral

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• resident of D.C. public housing
• smoked a cigarette in the 7 days prior to screening (self-report)
• has daily access to a working cell phone with an unlimited text message plan

Sponsors & Collaborators

• George Washington University: lead

Study Sites (1)

George Washington University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20052, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PI

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 1, 2020
• First Posted: December 8, 2020
• Study Start: October 26, 2020
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2022
• Study Completion: July 31, 2022
• Last Updated: November 8, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Locations

US (1)