An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for Teens

Smokeless Tobacco Use Clinical Trial

Official title:

QuitSpit: An Internet-Based Smokeless Tobacco Cessation Program for Teens

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00680615
• Other study ID #: R01CA118575
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: May 16, 2008
• Last updated: September 3, 2012
• Start date: May 2008
• Est. completion date: March 2012

Study information

• Verified date: September 2012
• Source: Oregon Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To compare the efficacy of a targeted, tailored, and highly interactive smokeless tobacco cessation website to a website with more static information that is similar to websites that can be found through a typical Internet search.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1716
• Est. completion date: March 2012
• Est. primary completion date: March 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 14 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 14-25 years of age

• Have access to the Internet

• Currently using smokeless tobacco products

• Currently contemplating quitting all tobacco products

• Able to read and write English; and

• Willing to share phone number, e-mail, and mailing address with the research project

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Smokeless Tobacco Use

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Tailored, enhanced condition
Intervention will provide a personalized, interactive tobacco cessation Web application, based on existing empirically validated smokeless tobacco cessation programs.
• Usual Care
The Usual Care condition will provide access to typical smokeless tobacco cessation information and links to commonly available Web-based smokeless tobacco cessation resources.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Oregon Research Institute	Eugene	Oregon

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Oregon Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Abstinence from all tobacco		3 months and 6 months	No
Primary	Abstinence from smokeless tobacco		3 months and 6 months	No
Secondary	Evaluate the relative effectiveness of the two programs on secondary outcomes, including reduction in smokeless tobacco use, number of quit attempts, and confidence in quitting.		3 months and 6 months	No
Secondary	Identify participant characteristics, including demographic characteristics, initial smokeless tobacco use and dependence, and patterns of program use that predict treatment outcomes.		3 months and 6 months	No