SmokefreeSGM, A Text-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Groups

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

SmokefreeSGM, A Text-based Smoking Cessation Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Groups

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05029362
• Other study ID #: HSC-SPH-20-0318 (aim 2)
• Secondary ID: 1K22CA237639
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 5, 2022
• Est. completion date: October 5, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to pretest the design of a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: October 5, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 5, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Smoke five or more cigarettes per day, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and smokes everyday
• Have an interest in quitting smoking in the next 15 days
• Have a cellphone number with an unlimited short messaging service (SMS) plan
• Have US mailing and email addresses
• Positive cotinine saliva test results

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who are found to have a prepaid cell phone
• Individuals who are found to have a cellphone number that does not work or is registered to someone else
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women
• Contraindication for nicotine patch
• Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes
• Current use of tobacco cessation medications
• Enrolled in another smoking cessation study
• Non-English speakers
• Having inadequate equipment/device (webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SmokefreeSGM
Participants will have access to a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals (SmokefreeSGM). The text-based program will be beta-tested by these participants for a period of 2 weeks before and 10 weeks after their quit date. Messages originated from the text-based smoking cessation program will be sent by a fictitious quit coach who will offer evidence-based advice on quitting smoking based on real-life experiences of sexual minority individuals.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Houston	Texas

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston	National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived Usability as Assessed by the System Usability Scale (SUS)	The 10-item System Usability Scale (SUS) was used to assess the usability of the SmokefreeSGM text messaging program. Total score ranges from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating greater acceptability and a score above 75 indicating that the program is perceived as acceptable.	1 month after quit date
Secondary	Engagement as Assessed by the Number of Text Messages Sent and Received by Study Participants After Enrollment.	A participant's engagement rate was determined by dividing the total number of participant responses to the bidirectional text messages (numerator) by the total number of bidirectional text messages sent by the text-based platform (denominator). Participants who had rates =33.3% were classified as having low engagement, 33.3-66.6% moderate engagement, and =66.7% high engagement. Data are reported categorically as number of participants who have low, moderate, or high engagement.	1 month after enrollment