Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resource

NCT ID: NCT05055778

Last Updated: 2025-03-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 49 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-11-03
• Study Completion Date: 2024-02-06

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmokefreeTXT, a smoking cessation text messaging program currently available to anyone in the United States through www.smokefree.gov, and to compare cessation outcomes for smokers living in different regions of Virginia while participants use the program. Participants will be asked to complete assessments at Baseline, 7 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months and will be asked to use a research version of SmokefreeTXT.

Conditions

Smoking Cessation

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

SmokfreeTXT

Research version of the publicly available SmokefreeTXT program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

SmokefreeTXT

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The program is identical to the publicly available program available through the National Cancer Institute Smokefree.gov Initiative but has been set up to be delivered through a research account. The program will send 3-5 messages a day over 7 weeks, with one week to prepare for a quit attempt and 6 weeks of cessation support messages. Participants can get real time support for cravings, mood, and slips by texting "keywords" to the program. They keywords are CRAVE, MOOD, and SLIP. Participants can also re-set their quit date by texting NEW. The program asks questions each week to ask about smoking status and about mood and cravings.

Interventions

SmokefreeTXT

The program is identical to the publicly available program available through the National Cancer Institute Smokefree.gov Initiative but has been set up to be delivered through a research account. The program will send 3-5 messages a day over 7 weeks, with one week to prepare for a quit attempt and 6 weeks of cessation support messages. Participants can get real time support for cravings, mood, and slips by texting "keywords" to the program. They keywords are CRAVE, MOOD, and SLIP. Participants can also re-set their quit date by texting NEW. The program asks questions each week to ask about smoking status and about mood and cravings.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 and over
• Current cigarette smoker (has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smokes)
• Ability to read and speak English
• Resident of Virginia
• Owns a cell phone

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a current smoker (e.g., started a quit attempt between providing interest information and starting the study)
• Identity not able to be verified from information provided on interest form
• Does not own a cell phone
• Pregnant smoker or may become pregnant in the next 6 months
• Lives in an area that has met recruitment criteria (after recruitment has begun)

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

Sponsors

University of Virginia

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Kara Wiseman, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

3928

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id