Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Social Media and Digital Therapeutics to Decrease Vaping Behaviors

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

189 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-06-04

Study Completion Date

2026-06-30

Brief Summary

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Use of vaping products (e.g., electronic nicotine delivery systems, e-cigarettes) has been increasing rapidly, particularly among teens and young adults. With limited information on the long-term effects of vaping products, health information about vaping has been somewhat unclear in regards to associated health risks. Teens and young adults may be reluctant to disclose their use of vaping products to parents or health providers and instead turn to social media to share and seek out information regarding vaping risks and cessation supports. Thus, our current proposal outlines the use of social media to identify teens and young adults socially networking about vaping, the use of an online chatbot screen to evaluate individual cessation support needs, and the use of a digital intervention system to support vaping cessation. The mobile intervention used in this study is based on a widely-used evidence-based mobile intervention for combustible smoking (i.e., quitSTART) and has been adapted for vaping and young adults to include an in-app chatbot to guide users to tailored content and to motivate and encourage their cessation efforts. We aim to integrate our social media recruitment and online screening approach to connect individuals with this mobile app intervention, and will conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate user engagement with and preliminary efficacy of the digital intervention on reducing vaping behaviors among teens and young adults.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Nicotine Vaping Nicotine Use Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Group

Nationwide resource referral and intervention waitlist

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Experimental Group A: Mobile App Intervention

quitSTART Mobile Application Adapted for Vaping Cessation Among Young Adults

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

quitSTART Mobile Application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Mobile application with educational content, motivational messages, self-monitoring, and tips for managing cravings to support vaping cessation among young adults.

Experimental Group B: Mobile App Intervention with Embedded Chatbot Feature

quitSTART Mobile Application Adapted for Vaping Cessation Among Young Adults Including Embedded Chatbot Feature

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

quitSTART Mobile Application

Intervention Type DEVICE

Mobile application with educational content, motivational messages, self-monitoring, and tips for managing cravings to support vaping cessation among young adults.

Chatbot Feature in quitSTART Mobile Application

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In-App chatbot feature emedded into quitSTART mobile application to motivate vaping cessation and support app navigation.

Interventions

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quitSTART Mobile Application

Mobile application with educational content, motivational messages, self-monitoring, and tips for managing cravings to support vaping cessation among young adults.

Intervention Type DEVICE

Chatbot Feature in quitSTART Mobile Application

In-App chatbot feature emedded into quitSTART mobile application to motivate vaping cessation and support app navigation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* US Resident
* English Speaking
* Have daily access to a smartphone
* Current vaping product user (P30D)
* Identified as socially networking about a desire to quit vaping and/or experiencing negative health outcomes due to vaping
* Vaping product user only (i.e., not using vaping as a means to support combustible smoking cessation)

Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

25 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No