A Photoaging Mobile App Promoting Poster Campaign for Preventing Smoking in Secondary Schools

Tobacco Addiction Clinical Trial

— Smokerface  

Official title:

Smokerface: A Photoaging Mobile App Promoting Poster Campaign for Preventing Smoking in Secondary Schools: Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02544360
• Other study ID #: 040890
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 3, 2015
• Last updated: July 11, 2016
• Start date: September 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2018

Study information

• Verified date: June 2016
• Source: University of Giessen
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Germany: The Coordinating Centre for Clinical Trials (KKS), Marburg, Germany
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaigns are effective to reduce smoking prevalence among adolescents in Germany. This is measured via questionnaire.

Description:

This RCT will investigate a novel mean of school-based tobacco prevention: Photoaging app promoting poster campaigns. The effects are measured via questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 12000
• Est. completion date: July 2018
• Est. primary completion date: July 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 9 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students from Germany aged 9 to 14 years at baseline attending grades six and seven of regular German secondary schools (such as grammar, general, intermediate or comprehensive school) are eligible.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Older or younger pupils or pupils from other school types or countries or schools who previously participated in an event where the Smokerface app was presented are not eligible.

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Smoking
• Smoking Related Diseases
• Tobacco Addiction

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign.
Schools in this arm receive a photoaging mobile app promoting poster campaign revealing the effects of smoking on the users face via a self portrait (i.e. a "selfie").

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	University of Gießen	Giessen	Hessen

Sponsors (13)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Giessen	German Center for Lung Research, Goethe University, Harvard University, Heidelberg University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Technische Universität München, The German Heart Foundation, Universität Duisburg-Essen, University Medical Center Goettingen, University of Bonn, University of Freiburg, University of Homburg

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

References & Publications (1)

Brinker TJ, Seeger W. Photoaging Mobile Apps: A Novel Opportunity for Smoking Cessation? J Med Internet Res. 2015 Jul 27;17(7):e186. doi: 10.2196/jmir.4792. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The change in smoking prevalence between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	The change in smoking prevalence between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups. A smoker is defined as someone who claims to have smoked cigarettes at least once in the past 30 days.	24 months post intervention	No
Secondary	Difference in attitude towards smoking between the two groups at 24 months follow-up measured via questionnaires.	Difference in attitude towards smoking between the two groups at 24 months follow-up.	24 months post intervention	No
Secondary	The change in never-smokers between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	The change in never-smokers between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	24 months post intervention	No
Secondary	The difference in the number of quitters (=cigarette smokers at baseline but not at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	The difference in the number of quitters (=quitters are participants who are cigarette smokers at baseline but not at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	24 months post intervention	No
Secondary	The difference in the number of starters (=starters are participants who are not cigarette smokers at baseline but at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	The difference in the number of starters (=starters are participants who are not cigarette smokers at baseline but at endline) between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between the two groups measured via questionnaires.	24 months post intervention	No
Secondary	The change in smoking prevalence between baseline and 24 months of follow-up between female participants of the two groups measured via questionnaires.		24 months post intervention	No

External Links

•   Description of the app we use.