Project Quit: Positive vs. Negative Offers of an Online Stop Smoking Program

NCT ID: NCT01923467

Last Updated: 2015-06-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 767 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2014-04-30

Brief Summary

This project is designed to test the effects of affirmation and positive/negative imagery on individuals' thoughts about quitting smoking and willingness to join a stop smoking program. Previous studies have noted that viewing negative images elicits a stronger emotional response, and many stop-smoking campaigns have used such images to push people to quit smoking. However, research also shows that people are generally resistant to health messages. Using affirmation can help to lessen that resistance.

In this study, we use a 2x3 design to study the individual effects of negative imagery and affirmation on smokers' intentions to quit smoking, acceptance of an offer to join a quit smoking program, and program participation and outcomes. We hope to find out whether there is an additive effect of the negative imagery and affirmation on the outcomes listed above. Our specific aims are:

Aim 1: Determine if affirmation increases the uptake of an offer of joining a stop smoking program.

Aim 2: Determine if image type (positive vs. neutral vs. negative) increases the uptake of the stop smoking program offer.

Aim 3: Determine whether there is an interaction between image type and affirmation in people's willingness to join a stop smoking program.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Project Quit plus NRT patches

All participants in the program will be offered the opportunity to complete the Project Quit stop smoking program. Project Quit is an individually-tailored, web-based program which has been scientifically proven to help people succeed at their quit attempts. All eligible participants will also receive a 2-week supply of Nicotine patches 21 mg.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Project Quit stop smoking program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This online stop-smoking program is individually tailored to the participant's readiness to quit, smoking triggers, and many other characteristics. It has been scientifically proven to improve quit success.

Nicotine patches 21 mg

Intervention Type: DRUG

Eligible participants will receive a 2-week supply of Nicoderm CQ Step 1 patches to help them be successful in their quit attempt.

Interventions

Project Quit stop smoking program

This online stop-smoking program is individually tailored to the participant's readiness to quit, smoking triggers, and many other characteristics. It has been scientifically proven to improve quit success.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Nicotine patches 21 mg

Eligible participants will receive a 2-week supply of Nicoderm CQ Step 1 patches to help them be successful in their quit attempt.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Nicoderm CQ Step 1 (21 mg)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Current smoker

Exclusion Criteria

• Current participation in another stop-smoking program
• Current use of stop smoking medications
• Pregnant or breastfeeding
• Limited internet or email access

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Lawrence C. An

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Lawrence C An, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

Center for Health Communications Research, University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

P50CA101451

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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