Penn State TXT2STAYQUIT Study- a Texting Study to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes
• Interventions: Behavioral: Motivational Text Messages; Behavioral: Control

• Registration Number: NCT02986711
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.

Detailed Description

Participants will be those who are hospitalized at Hershey Medical Center and are interested in help to stay quit when they leave the hospital.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-12
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-10-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-05
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-08
• Results First Submitted: 2018-01-11
• Results First Submitted QC: 2018-01-11
• Results First Posted: 2018-09-21
• Status Verified: 2018-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-12-17
• Last Update Posted: 2018-12-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 158

Inclusion Criteria

• Total length of hospital stay at least 24 hours
• Free of cognitive impairment
• Read and speak English
• Smoked at least 20 cigarettes in 30 days prior to entering the hospital
• Willing to give up all forms of tobacco
• Has a cell phone capable of receiving text messages (cell phone is powered on and charged)

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient has been admitted for a transplant
• Patient has Intensive Care status

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Motivational Text Messages	Motivational Text Messages	Motivational text messages to help participants stay quit when they leave the hospital.
Control	Control	Text messages to ask about current smoking status.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complete Self-reported Tobacco Abstinence During the Prior 7 Days, as Reported on Telephone Interview, 28 Days After Discharge From Hospital (With Biochemical Verification in a Sub-sample, Exhaled Carbon-monoxide < 10 Parts Per Million).	28 days	Abstinence rate at 28 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of Participants Providing Smoking Cessation Status Via Text Message	28 days	proportion of participants providing data about smoking status via text message at 28 days

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States