Examining a Text Message Intervention for Smoking Cessation

Nicotine Dependence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Examining a Text Message Intervention for Smoking Cessation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01166464
• Other study ID #: R21DA027142
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 16, 2010
• Last updated: January 31, 2014
• Start date: July 2009
• Est. completion date: October 2012

Study information

• Verified date: January 2014
• Source: The Miriam Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary goal of this study is to use qualitative interviews and focus groups to aid us in adapting a face-to-face smoking cessation intervention for delivery through text messaging. After design is completed, the intervention will be pilot tested with a sample of young adults (ages 18-35) who smoke. Final assessments will be conducted at 7 weeks (end of treatment) and both 3 and 6 month follow up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 84
• Est. completion date: October 2012
• Est. primary completion date: April 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 18 to 35

• Current daily smoker

• Has a cell phone with text messaging capability

• Uses text messaging at least once monthly

• Interested in quitting smoking

• Willing to set a quit date within the next 30 days

• Has access to a physician

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not read and speak English with adequate comprehension

• Is currently participating in a smoking cessation program

• Concurrent drug/alcohol abuse

• Mental health issues that would interfere with study compliance

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Nicotine Dependence
• Tobacco Use Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• text messaging for smoking cessation
A 7-week program of daily text messages
• Generic text messages
non-smoking related text messages will be given on the same daily schedule as matches the active intervention to establish a control for contact time.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The Miriam Hospital	Providence	Rhode Island

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Miriam Hospital	Live Inspired, LLC

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Smoking abstinence	7-day point prevalence abstinence will be measured at 6 months post-treatment.	Six months post-treatment	No
Secondary	Usability and Acceptability of the intervention	Usability and acceptability of the intervention will be assessed at the end of treatment (week 7).	7 weeks (end of treatment)	No