Promoting Smoking Cessation in Campus

Smoking Cessation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Promoting Smoking Cessation in Campus Via Smoking Cessation Contest: a Chatbot-based Smoking Cessation Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05777005
• Other study ID #: Smoking Cessation in Campus
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 6, 2023
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: Beijing Normal University
• Contact: Xue Weng
• Phone: 3621259
• Email: xueweng[@]bnu.edu.cn
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to explore the feasibility, preliminary effectiveness, and implementation outcomes of chatbot-led smoking cessation support in community smokers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: September 30, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. aged 18 and above, reside in Zhuhai for the next 6 months;

2. smoke at least 1 cigarette or use e-cigarettes daily;

3. Having a smartphone and a WeChat account, being able to use WeChat skillfully.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Smokers who have communication barrier (either physically or cognitively);

2. Smokers who are currently participating in other SC programmes or services

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mobile Health
• Smoking Cessation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 5A's/5R's advice
5A's (Ask, Advise, Assess, Assist, Arrange) for smokers who are ready to quit, and 5R's (relevance, risks, rewards, roadblocks, and repetition) for smokers who are not ready to quit.

Other:
• Brief leaflet on health warning and smoking cessation
The contents of the leaflet include the absolute risk of smoking, diseases caused by active and second-hand smoking, horrible pictorial warnings of the health consequences of active and second-hand smoking, and the benefits of quitting.
• Self-help smoking cessation booklet
The contents include information about the benefits of quitting, methods to quit, how to handle withdrawal symptoms, misperceptions of quitting, etc.

Behavioral:
• Counselor-led individual support
Participants will receive three months of counselor-led individual support via WeChat. The regular messages and instant messaging on psychosocial support aim to provide cessation advice, increase self-efficacy and confidence, and social support and behavioral capacity of quitting.
• Chatbot-led group support
Participants will receive three months of chatbot-led group support via WeChat.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Beijing Normal University	Zhuhai	Guangdong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beijing Normal University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Participation rate of eligible smokers	The percentage of eligible smokers who agree to participate in the intervention	Baseline
Secondary	Biochemical validated quit rate	The primary outcomes are biochemically validated quit rate (exhaled CO < 4 ppm or salivary cotinine < 30 ng/ml) at 3-month in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Secondary	Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate	Self-reported 7-day point prevalence quit rate in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Secondary	Smoking reduction rate	Rate of smoking reduction by at least half of baseline amount in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up
Secondary	Engagement in chatbot-led group support and/or counselor-led individual support	Self-reported engagement in chatbot-led/counselor-led support in the two groups	3 and 6 months follow-up