Say "Hello" To Your Digital Coach: Development and Pilot Trial of the First Conversational Agent for Smoking Cessation
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 404
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- 30-day point prevalence abstinence
研究概览
简要总结
Conversational agents (CAs) are computer-powered digital coaches designed to form long-term social-emotional connections with users through conversations. We have developed a CA for cigarette smoking cessation. In a pilot randomized trial (N = 415), we will compare the experimental messaging program (n = 155) with the standard of care national government smoking cessation messaging program (n = 157), and then we will compare immediate (n=51) versus delayed (n=51) access to the the experimental messaging program, to assess 12-week usability, receptivity, and preliminary cessation results in adults in western Washington State and nationally across the US who want to quit smoking.
详细描述
Cigarette smoking is the most preventable cause of cancer in the US, accounting for one-third of all cancer deaths. Within the Fred Hutchinson Center's western Washington State 13-county catchment area, there are enormous disparities in adult cigarette smoking rates. Our recently completed WebQuit website RCT for smoking cessation had low engagement and no personalization to users' needs. Fortunately, a potentially game-changing solution to the problems of engagement and lack of personalization provide a new direction for my research. Advances in machine learning, natural language processing, and cloud computing are making it possible to create and widely disseminate conversational agents (CAs), which are computer-powered digital coaches designed to form long-term social-emotional connections with users through conversations. We have developed a CA for cigarette smoking cessation. In a pilot randomized trial (N = 415), we will compare the experimental messaging program with the standard of care national government smoking cessation messaging program, and then we will compare immediate versus delayed access to the the experimental messaging program. Twelve-week usability, receptivity, and preliminary cessation results will provide critical and timely pilot data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age 18 or older
- •smokes at least five cigarettes daily for at least past 12 months
- •wants to quit cigarette smoking in the next 14 days
- •if concurrently using any other nicotine or tobacco products, wants to quit using them within the next 14days
- •resides in western Washington State (in the following counties: Clallam, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom)
- •interested in learning skills to quit smoking
- •willing to be randomly assigned to either condition
- •has at least daily access to their own personal smartphone
- •has and uses both text messaging and Facebook Messenger on their smartphone
- •willing and able to read in English
- •not using other smoking cessation interventions (including apps or our other intervention studies).
- •willing to complete one 3-month follow-up survey
- •willing to provide email, phone, and mailing address.
排除标准
- •The exclusion criteria are opposite of the inclusion criteria listed above.
结局指标
主要结局
30-day point prevalence abstinence
时间窗: 3 months post randomization
No smoking in the past 30 days, as reported 3 month post treatment.
次要结局
未报告次要终点