Evaluation of National Cancer Institute Young Adult Stop-Smoking Program
NCT ID: NCT01885052
Last Updated: 2019-12-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE2
4432 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2013-06-12
2015-05-28
Brief Summary
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\- Researchers want to see how well the QuitTXT text-message program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking. This is part of a larger online stop-smoking program by the National Cancer Institute. The QuitTXT program is a 2-week countdown to the smoker s quit date with 6 weeks of follow-up messages. Program participants will receive texts on their cell phones, including tips, information, and motivational messages, and then fill out surveys.
Objectives:
\- To study how well the QuitTXT program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking.
Eligibility:
\- Adults ages 18 29 who have smoked on at least 5 of the past 30 days and who want to stop smoking in the next 30 days.
Design:
* Participants will receive a certain number of text messages during the 8-week study. They will receive between 0 to 5 messages per day (or up to a total of 130 messages).
* Participants will first fill out a survey about their smoking and quitting experiences. Then they will choose a date to quit smoking (a quit date ) between 2 and 3 weeks after this survey.
* Participants will take four other surveys online, one during the program and three more after they ve completed the program. Each survey will take about 10 20 minutes and asks about their smoking habits and views on smoking and quitting. Each survey will be sent by email, with reminders sent by email or telephone.
* Participants will receive an iTunes or Amazon gift card for completing each survey honestly.
Detailed Description
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The study seeks to recruit a large sample of young adult smokers ages 18-29 to examine how exposure to the QuitTXT program affects participants.
There will be 3-arms to the study:
Participants in Arm 1, the control group of the study, will only receive the weekly assessments asking them of their smoking status.
Participants in Arm 2 will receive a texting program that consists of up to two weeks of countdown to quit messaging plus assessments messages that all groups receive for a total of 8 weeks.
Participants in Arm 3 will receive the full text messaging program.
All groups will be able to select a quit date within a 7-day window (between 2 and 3 weeks after they complete the baseline survey). Participants in Arm 3 will receive motivational/informational messages while participants in group 1 will receive only assessment messages. Participants in Arm 2 will receive the countdown messages to their quit date, but not the motivational messaging after their quit date. Like Arm 1, they will only receive assessment messages after their quit date.
This study will add unique value to the existing literature by teasing out the effect of some messages vs. frequent, motivational/informational messaging on quit rates and intent to quit among young adults.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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1
Receives weekly assessment messages ONLY
Low Contact
2
Receives two week countdown messaging to quit date, and weekly assessment messages post quit date
QuitTXT Study
Assess the efficacy of a 6-8 week text message program to help young adults quit smoking.
3
Receives two week countdown messages to quit date, receives mulitiple messages per day post quit date with tips, encouragement and supportive messaging
QuitTXT Study
Assess the efficacy of a 6-8 week text message program to help young adults quit smoking.
Interventions
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QuitTXT Study
Assess the efficacy of a 6-8 week text message program to help young adults quit smoking.
Low Contact
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Reside in the US
Smoke cigarettes at least 5 days/month
Be interested in quitting cigarette use
Not be involved in a cessation program
Have an active email account
Be able to receive text messages on their cell phone
Be the only member of your household participating in this study
Be willing to share contact information with the study team in order to share information about the study on a timely basis.
18 Years
29 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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National Cancer Institute (NCI)
NIH
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Erik M Augustson, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Locations
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National Cancer Institute (NCI), 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Countries
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References
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Armstrong AW, Watson AJ, Makredes M, Frangos JE, Kimball AB, Kvedar JC. Text-message reminders to improve sunscreen use: a randomized, controlled trial using electronic monitoring. Arch Dermatol. 2009 Nov;145(11):1230-6. doi: 10.1001/archdermatol.2009.269.
Arnett JJ. Emerging adulthood. A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties. Am Psychol. 2000 May;55(5):469-80.
Baer JS, Lichtenstein E. Classification and prediction of smoking relapse episodes: an exploration of individual differences. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1988 Feb;56(1):104-10. doi: 10.1037//0022-006x.56.1.104. No abstract available.
Squiers L, Brown D, Parvanta S, Dolina S, Kelly B, Dever J, Southwell BG, Sanders A, Augustson E. The SmokefreeTXT (SFTXT) Study: Web and Mobile Data Collection to Evaluate Smoking Cessation for Young Adults. JMIR Res Protoc. 2016 Jun 27;5(2):e134. doi: 10.2196/resprot.5653.
Other Identifiers
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13-C-N156
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
999913156
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id