Just Kwit: Mobile Intervention for Tobacco Cessation

NCT ID: NCT03538678

Last Updated: 2021-02-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-06-11
• Study Completion Date: 2019-12-29

Brief Summary

The intervention will be use of a smartphone app to support tobacco cessation. The app's main features include sending motivational messages, displaying money saved, and allowing the user to log cravings.

Detailed Description

The investigators will recruit hospitalized young adult smokers aged 18-30 interested in cessation over a six-month period. Patients will all receive a UPMC Tobacco Treatment Service counseling session focused on motivational interviewing prior to participation in the study. Upon consent, participants will then be randomized 1:1 to either standard patient-initiated follow-up or use of the Kwit app. Participants will be stratified by sex because males and females are known to have highly variable responses to existing tobacco control interventions. Investigators will systematically assess feasibility using established Likert-type items factors such as interaction, features, engagement, trust, and impact.

If a participant consents to the study, they will be given a brief survey to collect general information related to their smoking behavior. After 30 days, a follow-up survey will be conducted to assess their current smoking behavior. Participants randomized to the experimental arm will be asked additional questions about their use of the smartphone app.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Kwit app

Use of Kwit smartphone app

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kwit smartphone app

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kwit smarphone app

Standard of care

Patient initiated follow-up post discharge

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Kwit smartphone app

Kwit smarphone app

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18-30 smokers interested in cessation (>5 cigarettes/day over the past 30 days)
• Must own an Apple or Android based smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria

• Already receiving pharmacological and/or behavioral intervention or counseling for smoking cessation.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kar-Hai Chu

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Kar-Hai Chu, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittsburgh

Locations

UPMC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Countries

United States

References

Chu KH, Escobar-Viera CG, Matheny SJ, Davis EM, Primack BA. Tobacco cessation mobile app intervention (Just Kwit! study): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled pragmatic trial. Trials. 2019 Feb 26;20(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3246-2.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 30808389 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol

View Document

Other Identifiers

K07CA222338

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

PRO18010454

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id