Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in College Health Clinics

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-08-31

Brief Summary

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This study is a randomized-controlled clinical trial which evaluates the efficacy of physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy and a 6-week course of text messaging in promoting cigarette smoking in smokers enrolled in college.

The primary hypothesis is that smokers receiving physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy, and text messaging will have higher quit rates that smokers receiving physician brief advice and nicotine replacement therapy alone.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cigarette Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Text messaging

Smoking counseling, nicotine patch, text messaging

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Smoking counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Text messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nicotine patch

Intervention Type DRUG

Standard of care

Smoking counseling, nicotine patch

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smoking counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nicotine patch

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Smoking counseling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Text messaging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Nicotine patch

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18 through 24 years
* Enrolled as a full/part time college student
* A current smoker (Have smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days)
* English-speaking
* Interested in quitting
* Have a cell phone for personal use with an unlimited text messaging plan.

Exclusion Criteria

* History of hypersensitivity/allergy to nicotine patch;
* Serious arrhythmias - History of heart disease (myocardial infarction, severe chest pain, or coronary artery disease)
* Current pregnancy/breastfeeding/plan for pregnancy

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

24 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes