Cigarette Reduction Using the Quitbit Digital Lighter and Mobile Application for Smoking Cessation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit; Behavioral: Gradual Cessation

• Registration Number: NCT02515500
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

The study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of a cigarette reduction intervention using a novel device called the Quitbit, a digital lighter paired with a smartphone mobile application, to enhance self-regulatory techniques for reducing cigarettes smoked per day toward cessation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-07-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-07-31
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-04
• Study Start: 2016-06
• Primary Completion: 2018-06
• Study Completion: 2018-06
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-09
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age
• cigarette smoker
• wanting to quit in the next 30 days
• preference to quit gradually (vs. abruptly) or having no preference
• access to an iPhone (iOS only)
• completion of a run-in period

Exclusion Criteria

• no major change in number of cigarettes per day in the past month (+/- 20%)
• no major health diagnoses that could impact study attrition

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit	Gradual Cessation w/ Quitbit	-
Gradual Cessation	Gradual Cessation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Saliva cotinine level	6 Months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California, San Francisco; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States