A Proof-of-concept RCT of Version 3.0 of the Smoking Cessation Smartphone App "Smiling Instead of Smoking" (SiS)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

229 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-01-28

Study Completion Date

2023-01-06

Brief Summary

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This is the third study in a series of 3 studies to develop a smartphone app to support nondaily smokers in quitting smoking, as funded by the American Cancer Society grant #RSG CPPB - 130323 (project dates: 07/01/2017 - 6/30/2021). Study 1 (2017P001106) demonstrated feasibility and acceptability when smokers were onboarded in person. Study 2 (2018P002699) demonstrated feasibility and acceptability when smokers were onboarded remotely, nationwide. The present study is Study 3. It is a 3-group proof-of-concept RCT, in which we seek to test if our app (i.e., Version 3 of our developed smartphone app, called 'Smiling instead of Smoking' (SiS)) is superior to treatment as usual (i.e., TAU) and superior to a control app (i.e., the National Cancer Institute's smartphone app "QuitGuide" (QG).

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Detailed Description

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This is a nation-wide proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial conducted entirely remotely. Participation will last 6 months and entails:

* Completing a scripted onboarding call (approximately 30-45 minutes)
* Making a quit attempt
* Engaging with smoking cessation support (randomized) over the course of seven weeks, one week prior and 6 weeks following the originally chosen quit day
* Completing five online, REDCap-administered surveys, administered prior to the quit day (online, as part of a screening test), and at 2-week, 6-week, 3-month, and 6-month follow-ups of the participant's chosen quit day

The Aims of the study are:

1. Test for differences between randomized groups on the primary outcome (i.e., self-efficacy to remain abstinent, as measured via the Smoking Self-Efficacy Questionnaire), as measured at end of treatment (i.e., 6 weeks after the participants' chosen smoking quit day)
2. Test for differences between randomized groups on secondary outcomes (as listed in Detailed Protocol)
3. (exploratory) To test, via mediational modeling, how treatment via the proposed app conferred benefit; or, if not effective, if failure is due to the treatment failing to impact hypothesized mechanisms of change, or because these mechanisms fail to impact outcome.

Conditions

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Nondaily Smoking

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

3-group proof-of-concept RCT

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Smiling Instead of Smoking (SiS) app

Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS) Version 3

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be onboarded to the smartphone app SiS and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

QuitGuide (QG) app

Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the smartphone app "QuitGuide" (QG), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Smartphone app "QuitGuide" (QG)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be onboarded to the NCI smartphone app QG and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

Clearing the Air (CTA) brochure

Participants will be onboarded (remotely) to the NCI brochure "Clearing the Air" (CTA), and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks while they quit smoking.

Group Type OTHER

Brochure "Clearing the Air" (CTA)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants will be onboarded to the brochure "Clearing the Air" and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

Interventions

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Smartphone app "Smiling instead of Smoking" (SiS) Version 3

Participants will be onboarded to the smartphone app SiS and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Smartphone app "QuitGuide" (QG)

Participants will be onboarded to the NCI smartphone app QG and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brochure "Clearing the Air" (CTA)

Participants will be onboarded to the brochure "Clearing the Air" and will be asked to use it for 7 weeks to support them in quitting smoking.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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SiS QG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18+ years of age
* smartphone ownership (Android or iPhone only)
* current nondaily smoker, who smokes at least weekly, and no more than 25 out of the past 30 days
* lifetime history of having smoked 100+ cigarettes
* willing to make a smoking quit attempt
* currently residing in the United States of America

Exclusion Criteria

* Under 18 years of age
* Does not own an Android or iPhone
* Is not a nondaily smoker, who smokes at least weekly, and no more than 25 out of the past 30 days
* Does not have a lifetime history of having smoked 100+ cigarettes
* Is not willing to make a smoking quit attempt
* Is not currently residing in the United States of America

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes