Trial Outcomes & Findings for A Text Messaging Program for Smokers in Primary Care (NCT NCT03174158)

NCT ID: NCT03174158

Last Updated: 2020-02-07

Results Overview

Self-reported quit attempt in the last 12 weeks defined as intentional not smoking for 24 hours or more ("During the past 12 weeks, have you quit smoking intentionally for 1 day or longer").

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

PHASE4

Target enrollment

153 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

End of treatment (12 week post-enrollment)

Results posted on

2020-02-07

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Brief Advice
Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Overall Study
STARTED
39
39
36
39
Overall Study
COMPLETED
35
37
34
38
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
4
2
2
1

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

A Text Messaging Program for Smokers in Primary Care

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Brief Advice
n=39 Participants
Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=39 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=36 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=39 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Total
n=153 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
53.9 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.8 • n=5 Participants
54.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.5 • n=7 Participants
52.6 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.1 • n=5 Participants
51.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 11.1 • n=4 Participants
53.0 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.9 • n=21 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
21 Participants
n=5 Participants
22 Participants
n=7 Participants
23 Participants
n=5 Participants
21 Participants
n=4 Participants
87 Participants
n=21 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
18 Participants
n=5 Participants
17 Participants
n=7 Participants
13 Participants
n=5 Participants
18 Participants
n=4 Participants
66 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
White, non-Hispanic
34 Participants
n=5 Participants
27 Participants
n=7 Participants
24 Participants
n=5 Participants
31 Participants
n=4 Participants
116 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Black, non-Hispanic
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=7 Participants
8 Participants
n=5 Participants
4 Participants
n=4 Participants
17 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Hispanic
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
5 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
4 Participants
n=4 Participants
12 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Mixed race
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
3 Participants
n=7 Participants
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
6 Participants
n=21 Participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Other
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=4 Participants
2 Participants
n=21 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
39 participants
n=5 Participants
39 participants
n=7 Participants
36 participants
n=5 Participants
39 participants
n=4 Participants
153 participants
n=21 Participants
Cigarettes per day
15.5 cigarettes per day
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.1 • n=5 Participants
13.6 cigarettes per day
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.7 • n=7 Participants
16.6 cigarettes per day
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.8 • n=5 Participants
15.4 cigarettes per day
STANDARD_DEVIATION 6.5 • n=4 Participants
15.3 cigarettes per day
STANDARD_DEVIATION 7.1 • n=21 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: End of treatment (12 week post-enrollment)

Self-reported quit attempt in the last 12 weeks defined as intentional not smoking for 24 hours or more ("During the past 12 weeks, have you quit smoking intentionally for 1 day or longer").

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=39 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=39 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=36 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=39 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Quit Attempts
26 Participants
33 Participants
29 Participants
31 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 6 weeks post-enrollment

Self-reported abstinence "Have you smoked, even a puff, in the past 7 days?"

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=39 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=39 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=36 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=39 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
7 Day Point Prevalent Abstinence
4 Participants
7 Participants
7 Participants
8 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 12 weeks post-enrollment (end of treatment)

Self-reported abstinence "Have you smoked, even a puff, in the past 7 days?"

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=39 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=39 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=36 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=39 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
7 Day Point Prevalent Abstinence
4 Participants
10 Participants
10 Participants
9 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: week 2 post enrollment

Self-reported milligrams of nicotine medication used

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=33 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=34 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Milligrams of Nicotine Medication Used
84.2 milligrams during week 2
Standard Deviation 81.2
58.0 milligrams during week 2
Standard Deviation 91.3

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 12 weeks post-enrollment (end of treatment)

Self-reported, "In the past 30 days, how many days did you have at least one cigarette?"

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=37 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=38 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=35 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=38 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Percentage of Days Not Smoked
23.7 percentage of past 30 days
Standard Deviation 32.2
37.2 percentage of past 30 days
Standard Deviation 32.0
29.0 percentage of past 30 days
Standard Deviation 32.1
36.1 percentage of past 30 days
Standard Deviation 35.5

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 12 weeks post-enrollment (end of treatment)

Exhaled carbon monoxide measured among self-reported quitters less than or equal to 9 parts per million

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=1 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=3 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=3 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=2 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Exhaled Carbon Monoxide
1 Participants
3 Participants
3 Participants
2 Participants

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Total reported over 2 weeks post-enrollment

Self-reported number of days nicotine lozenge and/or patch used

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=29 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=33 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Days Nicotine Medication Used
5.3 days out of 2 weeks
Standard Deviation 4.4
3.3 days out of 2 weeks
Standard Deviation 4.3

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: Total reported over 1 week post-enrollment

Self-reported number of milligrams nicotine medication used

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=30 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=36 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Milligrams Nicotine Medication Used
33.8 milligrams during week 1
Standard Deviation 54.8
22.3 milligrams during week 1
Standard Deviation 45.8

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 12 weeks post enrollment (end of treatment)

Self-reported number of cigarettes per day on days smoked, change

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Brief Advice
n=27 Participants
Usual care plus brief telephone advice to quit tobacco delivered by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=31 Participants
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=29 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=30 Participants
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of 2 mg lozenges. Smokers not ready to quit will be offered one box of lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette to use in a practice quit attempt. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Change in Cigarettes Per Day
-9.3 change in cigarettes per day
Standard Deviation 8.3
-8.6 change in cigarettes per day
Standard Deviation 6.7
-11.3 change in cigarettes per day
Standard Deviation 7.3
-8.9 change in cigarettes per day
Standard Deviation 6.9

Adverse Events

Brief Advice

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Text Messaging

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 14 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Text Messaging + Mailed NRT

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 7 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Brief Advice
n=39 participants at risk
Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist core training
Text Messaging
n=39 participants at risk
Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Mailed Nicotine Replacement Therapy
n=36 participants at risk
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Text Messaging + Mailed NRT
n=39 participants at risk
Mailed nicotine replacement therapy: Daily smokers will be offered patches and lozenges dosed according to package instructions (patches dosed according to cigarettes smoked per day and lozenges dosed according to time to first cigarette). Non-daily smokers will be offered a 2 week supply of lozenges. Text messaging: 12 week text messaging program tailored to readiness to quit and quit date. Program includes content encouraging NRT use. Content is personalized with user's name and Massachusetts General Hospital resources. Brief advice: Brief advice delivered by telephone by a clinical research coordinator who underwent Tobacco Treatment Specialist training
Gastrointestinal disorders
Nausea
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
5.6%
2/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
5.1%
2/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Psychiatric disorders
Anxiety or agitation
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
5.6%
2/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
7.7%
3/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
General disorders
mouth soreness
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
5.6%
2/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Psychiatric disorders
sleep disturbance
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.6%
1/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
General disorders
lightheadedness
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Skin and subcutaneous tissue disorders
skin irritation
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.6%
1/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Gastrointestinal disorders
constipation
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Gastrointestinal disorders
bloating
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
Nervous system disorders
headache
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
2.8%
1/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
General disorders
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
5.6%
2/36 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment
0.00%
0/39 • 12 weeks
Adverse event data was collected at each outcome assessment

Additional Information

Dr. Gina Kruse

Massachusetts General Hospital

Phone: 6177243157

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place