Trial Outcomes & Findings for Relapse Prevention Through Social Networking Groups (NCT NCT02007369)

Results Overview

Relapse is defined as smoking 5 cigarettes in 3 consecutive days since the most recent quitting. A questionnaire asking smoking status, quitting experience and difficulty in quitting was designed to assess the self reported relapse rate at 2 months.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

136 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

2 months after joining the groups for the social networking services.

Results posted on

2017-01-04

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure	WhatsApp Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control No intervention
Overall Study STARTED	42	40	54
Overall Study COMPLETED	42	40	54
Overall Study NOT COMPLETED	0	0	0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Relapse Prevention Through Social Networking Groups

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure	WhatsApp n=42 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook n=40 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks. Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control n=54 Participants No intervention	Total n=136 Participants Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous	40.4 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.4 • n=5 Participants	37.6 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 8.0 • n=7 Participants	42.7 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.4 • n=5 Participants	40.5 years STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.9 • n=4 Participants
Gender Female	10 Participants n=5 Participants	11 Participants n=7 Participants	11 Participants n=5 Participants	32 Participants n=4 Participants
Gender Male	32 Participants n=5 Participants	29 Participants n=7 Participants	43 Participants n=5 Participants	104 Participants n=4 Participants
Region of Enrollment China	42 participants n=5 Participants	40 participants n=7 Participants	54 participants n=5 Participants	136 participants n=4 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 2 months after joining the groups for the social networking services.

Relapse is defined as smoking 5 cigarettes in 3 consecutive days since the most recent quitting. A questionnaire asking smoking status, quitting experience and difficulty in quitting was designed to assess the self reported relapse rate at 2 months.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	WhatsApp n=42 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook n=40 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks. Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control n=54 Participants No intervention
Self Reported Relapse Rate at 2 Months	3 participants	10 participants	13 participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 6-months

Relapse is defined as smoking 5 cigarettes in 3 consecutive days since the most recent quitting. A questionnaire asking smoking status, quitting experience and difficulty in quitting was designed to assess the self reported relapse rate at 6 months.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	WhatsApp n=42 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook n=40 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks. Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control n=54 Participants No intervention
Self Reported Relapse Rate at 6 Months	11 participants	13 participants	20 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 2 months

The outcome was assessed by any self-reported cigarette consumption in the past 7 days at the time of the follow-up. A questionnaire asking smoking status, quitting experience and difficulty in quitting was designed to assess the self reported abstinence for the previous 7 days at 2 months.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	WhatsApp n=42 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook n=40 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks. Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control n=54 Participants No intervention
Point Prevalence of Self Reported Abstinence for the Previous 7 Days at 2 Months	36 participants	28 participants	30 participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 months

The outcome was assessed by any self-reported cigarette consumption in the past 7 days at the time of the follow-up. A questionnaire asking smoking status, quitting experience and difficulty in quitting was designed to assess the self reported abstinence for the previous 7 days at 6 months.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure	WhatsApp n=42 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp for 8 weeks Peer to peer support and delivery of information through WhatsApp groups: Intervention arm with relapse prevention intervention in the social group via the social networking service WhatsApp. In order to sustain the abstinence among the participants in the social groups, the intervention content is about (1) Encourage to maintain abstinence; (2) Importance of remaining abstinence; (3) Prevent smoking triggers; (4) Withdrawal symptoms \& lapse; (5) Stress and mood management; (6) weight control. We propose the moderator to spend about 1 to 2 hours a day in total for the social group conversation in a flexible time schedule, and the duration of the intervention will be 8 weeks.	Facebook n=40 Participants Peer to peer support and delivery of information through facebook for 8 weeks. Peer to peer support and delivery of information through Facebook: Another intervention arm with the same intervention content, but the platform for the participants to share and receive quitting advice is Facebook. They will be strongly suggested to follow the regulations and set up instructions for the participation to protect their privacy.	Control n=54 Participants No intervention
Point Prevalence of Self Reported Abstinence for the Previous 7 Days at 6 Months	27 participants	19 participants	21 participants

Adverse Events

WhatsApp

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Facebook

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Control

Serious events: 0 serious events

Other events: 0 other events

Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Dr. Cheung, Yee Tak Derek

School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong

Phone: +852 39176652

Email: [email protected]

Results disclosure agreements

Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
Publication restrictions are in place