Penn State TXT2STAYQUIT Study- a Texting Study to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit

Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pilot Randomized Trial of Brief Automated Smoking Cessation Intervention and Evaluation for Smokers Discharged From Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02986711
• Other study ID #: 40683
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2013
• Est. completion date: April 2015

Study information

• Verified date: December 2018
• Source: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.

Description:

Participants will be those who are hospitalized at Hershey Medical Center and are interested in help to stay quit when they leave the hospital.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 158
• Est. completion date: April 2015
• Est. primary completion date: April 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Total length of hospital stay at least 24 hours

• Free of cognitive impairment

• Read and speak English

• Smoked at least 20 cigarettes in 30 days prior to entering the hospital

• Willing to give up all forms of tobacco

• Has a cell phone capable of receiving text messages (cell phone is powered on and charged)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient has been admitted for a transplant

• Patient has Intensive Care status

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
• Tobacco Use Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Motivational Text Messages
Motivational text messages in addition to survey questions about smoking status
• Control
Only survey questions about smoking status

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Hershey	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Complete Self-reported Tobacco Abstinence During the Prior 7 Days, as Reported on Telephone Interview, 28 Days After Discharge From Hospital (With Biochemical Verification in a Sub-sample, Exhaled Carbon-monoxide < 10 Parts Per Million).	Abstinence rate at 28 days	28 days
Secondary	Proportion of Participants Providing Smoking Cessation Status Via Text Message	proportion of participants providing data about smoking status via text message at 28 days	28 days