mHealth for Smoking Cessation in Public Housing

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

mHealth for Smoking Cessation in Public Housing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04657250
• Other study ID #: NCR191457
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 26, 2020
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: November 2022
• Source: George Washington University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 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

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Smoking cessation + quitline linkage text messages
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.
• Passive quitline referral
Single text message with contact information for the Quitline

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	George Washington University	Washington	District of Columbia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
George Washington University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Proportion of participants making a quit attempt	not smoking for 24 hours or more because trying to quit smoking	3 months
Secondary	Proportion of participants who quit smoking	self reported 7 day point prevalence abstinence	3 months
Secondary	Number of cigarettes smoked per day	change in number of cigarettes smoked per day between baseline and follow-up	3 months