Texting to Promote Tobacco Abstinence in Emergency Department Smokers: A Pilot Study

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking; Tobacco Abstinence
• Interventions: Other: Smokefree TXT Program; Drug: nicotine replacement patches; Drug: Nicotine Replacement Gum; Behavioral: Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

• Registration Number: NCT02081144
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This is a pilot study to test the feasibility of conducting a text based smoking cessation trial with Emergency Department patients who are smokers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-03-06
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-07
• Study Start: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-10
• Study Completion: 2014-10
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-03-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years or older
• have smoked >= 100 cigarettes lifetime
• describe themselves as every or some day smokers
• are able to give written informed consent
• reside in Connecticut
• own a cell phone with texting capability.

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Exclusion Criteria

• inability to read or understand English
• currently receiving formal tobacco dependence treatment
• current use of tobacco cessation products (patch, gum, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge, e-cigarette)
• currently using Zyban (bupropion), Wellbutrin (bupropion) or Chantix (varenicline) for smoking cessation
• current suicide or homicide risk
• current psychotic disorder
• life-threatening or unstable medical or psychiatric condition
• does not have phone with CT area code and with texting capability
• lacks capacity to give informed consent
• leaving the ED against medical advice
• pregnant, nursing, or trying to conceive
• incarcerated
• resides in an extended care facility

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Texting + NRT Condition	nicotine replacement patches	Enrollment in NCI's Smokefree TXT Program 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Gum Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline
Texting + NRT Condition	Smokefree TXT Program	Enrollment in NCI's Smokefree TXT Program 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Gum Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline
Texting + NRT Condition	Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline	Enrollment in NCI's Smokefree TXT Program 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Gum Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline
Texting + NRT Condition	Nicotine Replacement Gum	Enrollment in NCI's Smokefree TXT Program 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Patches 4 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Gum Faxed Referral CT Smokers Quitline

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Survey of satisfaction and usage of Smokefree TXT Program	1 month post enrollment	Study team will develop a survey to assess both subjects' satisfaction with the Smokefree TXT Program and ease of use.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
7 day point prevalence abstinence	1 month post enrollment	7 day point prevalence abstinence will be assessed by asking if the subject has smoked even a puff in the past 7 days.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Yale New Haven Hospital; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States