'WeChat WeQuit' Smoking Cessation Program

NCT ID: NCT03169686

Last Updated: 2022-12-02

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-19

Study Completion Date

2022-11-16

Brief Summary

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This proposed project is to assess whether WeChat-based smoking cessation interventions ('WeChat WeQuit' program) will be effective at helping people in China who smoke, to quit.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cigarette Smoking Smoking Cessation

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Intervention Group

Participants in the intervention group will receive the 'WeChat WeQuit' program from the WeChat subscription account. The period for intervention was 14 weeks, including 2-week quiting preparation intervention and 12-week postquit intervention. The number of messages/pictures/audios received by participants will gradually decrease (will be intensively sent to them during 2-week prequit and 4-week postquit, and less intensively during 5-week to 12-week postquit), and follow-up questionnaires were sent only once a month in 14-28 weeks (week 16, 20, and 26 after the quit date). A WeChat group was created for answering questions from participants, and sharing the latest resources related to quitting smoking, and promoting communication between participants.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants who allocate to the intervention group will receive regular smoking cessation related information by professional team.

Control Group

Control group participants will not receive any smoking cessation messages by professional team. They will receive messages of thanking them for being in the study and reminding them of the time until their free month at the end of follow up. In order to measure the main two outcomes (self-reported continuous smoking abstinence and point prevalence of abstinence), continuous smoking abstinence, point prevalence of abstinence, how many cigarettes per day during the last week if they are still smoking will be checked at week 1, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 26 points.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention

Participants who allocate to the intervention group will receive regular smoking cessation related information by professional team.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Daily Chinese cigarette smokers.
2. 18 years of age and older living.
3. Being able to read and write in Chinese.
4. Owning a smartphone and knowing how to use WeChat.
5. Willing to make an attempt to quit smoking in the next month.
6. Willing to provide informed consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Nonsmokers.
2. Smokers without attempt to quit.
3. Below 18 years old.
4. Unable to use smartphone and WeChat.
5. Unable to read and write in Chinese.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Yanhui Liao

Attending Psychiatrist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Yanhui Liao

Hanzhou, Zhejiang, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Tang J, Yang J, Liu Y, Liu X, Li L, Sun Y, Jin J, Fang Y, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Liu Y, Chen W, McNeill A, Kelly BC, Cohen JE, Liao Y. Efficacy of WeChat-based online smoking cessation intervention ('WeChat WeQuit') in China: a randomised controlled trial. EClinicalMedicine. 2023 May 18;60:102009. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102009. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37251625 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2017S015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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