SmokefreeMOM: Reaching Pregnant Smokers With Health Information Via Text Messaging

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pregnancy; Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: SmokefreeMOM Text

• Registration Number: NCT02412956
• Lead Sponsor: George Washington University

Brief Summary

Despite the great health benefits associated with smoking cessation in pregnancy to both mother and baby, few studies to date have examined the applications of text messaging or other communication technologies for smoking cessation in this population. This project is the first step in developing a new dissemination strategy for reaching pregnant smokers. This research will explore how a state-of -the-art, interactive and intensive, text messaging program, SmokefreeMoms Text, can promote smoking cessation in pregnant smokers. This program may have the potential to reach pregnant smokers who are not currently being reached with traditional smoking cessation services. The study Aims are: 1) to elicit qualitative feedback from pregnant smokers and recent quitters (in the past month) about the concept of SmokefreeMoms, the proposed message protocols in SmokefreeMoms, and the proposed messages in SmokefreeMoms (Phase 1); 2) To develop and pilot test a prototype of SmokefreeMoms which is consistent with Clinical Practice Guidelines (Phase 2), and 3) To conduct a formative evaluation of SmokefreeMoms 1.0 with pregnant smokers and recent quitters (Phase 3). 4) To measure the likelihood that pregnant women who smoke cigarettes will join an SMS program by responding to different types of recruitment messages.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-08
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-09
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Status Verified: 2021-10
• Results First Submitted: 2021-10-28
• Results First Submitted QC: 2021-10-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-10-28
• Results First Posted: 2021-11-26
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 99

Inclusion Criteria

1. pregnant,
2. smoke or quit in the past 2 weeks,
3. has a data plan or an unlimited text messaging plan on her cell in order to avoid charges for texts,
4. an English speaker.

Exclusion Criteria

1. not pregnant
2. not currently smoking (or within past 2 weeks)
3. not able to receive text messages
4. not an English speaker

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention (text)	SmokefreeMOM Text	SmokefreeMOM text messaging program
Intervention Plus (text+quitline)	SmokefreeMOM Text	SmokefreeMOM text messaging program + state quitline

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking Abstinence	3 months	7-day point prevalence abstinence measured by Self-Report and Confirmed with Saliva Cotinine

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Medstar Hospital; 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States