Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study

NCT05906082 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 23.179
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the e-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention with young adults in rural areas.

Conditions

E-cigarette Use

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Number of participants recruited and randomized

  Number of participants recruited and randomized

  Throughout 12 months

• Self-reported proportion of text messages read

  Proportion of text messages read during the intervention or standard care at 1 month

  At 1 month

• Retention rates (proportion of participants remained until 1 month post-intervention from enrollment)

  Proportion of participants from enrollment to 1 month post-intervention or standard-care

  At 1 month

• Level of acceptability of the intervention

  1. When you had received our text messages from our VapeFreeTXT program 1 month ago, how many of our text messages did you read on a typical day? Not at all (1) Read about 25% messages (2) Read about half messages (3) Read about 75% messages (4) Read the entire messages (5) 2. How useful was our VapeFreeTXT program in helping you quit vaping? Not at all useful (1) Slightly useful (2) Moderately useful (3) Very useful (4) Extremely useful (5) 3. Did our VapeFreeTXT program make you think about quitting vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 4. Do you think our VapeFreeTXT program will change your vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5) 5. Would you recommend this program to a friend or others? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)

  At 1 month

• Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned

  Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned to the office lab for cotinine analysis

  At 1 month

• Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco

  Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco

  At 1 month

• Concentration of cotinine in saliva

  Biochemically verified abstinence evaluated by salivary cotinine samples

  At 1 month

• Nicotine dependence (Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index)

  Nicotine dependence (minimum 0 to maximum 20, higher scores mean a worse outcome.)

  At 1 month

Study Arms (2)

Intervention (E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention)

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention

Standard care (Standard care control using standard national resources)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This standard care group will receive standard care resources from smokefree.gov.

Behavioral: Standard care control using standard national resources

Interventions

E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention BEHAVIORAL

This is the intervention for e-cigarette cessation using text messages targeting young adults in rural areas.

Intervention (E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention)

Standard care control using standard national resources BEHAVIORAL

This is the standard care with national resources from smokefree.gov.

Standard care (Standard care control using standard national resources)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• English speaking
• years
• everyday e-cigarette use in the past month
• ownership of a mobile phone or smartphone with texting and internet access abilities
• knowledge of how to use text messages
• plan on quitting e-cigarette use within one month
• home address in a rural county of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota

You may not qualify if:

• Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jovan Gwon, PhD, RN, FIAAN: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Vaping

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Smoking; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 26, 2023
• First Posted: June 15, 2023
• Study Start: May 25, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: August 7, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)