Acceptability of Mobile Applications (Apps) to Enhance Smoking Cessation in a Clinical Tobacco Treatment Program - A Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Tobacco
• Interventions: Device: smartphone applications

• Registration Number: NCT05038852
• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

We will conduct a small-scale randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 24 adult smokers enrolled in the TTP. Participants will receive either the Free4Good mobile app for positive psychology skills training or a breathing relaxation mobile app control (Breathe2Relax). All participants will be receiving tobacco cessation treatment in the Tobacco Treatment Program at MD Anderson as standard of care.

Detailed Description

The aims of this pilot protocol are to test the adherence, acceptability, user satisfaction, and preliminary efficacy of a smartphone mobile health app, Free4Good, which incorporates skills training in positive psychology vs. a relaxation app, Breathe2Relax (control condition), in a small randomized controlled trial of smokers (N = 24). Adherence will be measured directly through app usage data. Acceptability and user satisfaction will be measured via specific items included on a User Satisfaction Questionnaire. Efficacy outcomes include evidence of increased engagement in positive psychology-related quitting strategies (measured by the Quitting Strategies Questionnaire) and smoking abstinence.

Exploratory analyses including covariates such as nicotine dependence, mood, and depressive symptoms may be examined as appropriate, as these measures have been shown to predict abstinence outcomes in a variety of studies.1-4 Changes in mood and/or depressive symptoms may also be characterized

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-02
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-09
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-21
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-24
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 2 smartphone applications	smartphone applications	app is designed to help you increase your positive feelings, behaviors, and thoughts.
Group 1 smartphone applications	smartphone applications	app is designed to help you learn relaxation skills

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To assess the adherence of a smartphone mobile health app.	through study completion, an average of 1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States