A Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Tobacco Use Cessation; Smoking, Tobacco; Smoking; Tobacco Dependence; Tobacco Use; Tobacco Use Disorder; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking, Cigarette

• Registration Number: NCT03259360
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

The 2-year research plan will test the Put It Out Project (POP) in a pilot randomized trial (N=120) compared to TSP and two historical control conditions. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities, and use Facebook. The primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 mos.

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 3-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 90 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva cotinine test kits that will be mailed to participants.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-08-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-08-22
• Study First Posted: 2017-08-23
• Study Start: 2018-04-23
• Primary Completion: 2019-04-20
• Study Completion: 2020-02-28
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-19
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 165

Inclusion Criteria

• read English
• between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• identifies as SGM

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Exclusion Criteria

• do not read English
• are not between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• does not identify as SGM

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months	3 months post baseline	Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months	6 months post baseline	Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence	3 and 6 months post baseline	Desire to quit, abstinence self-efficacy, perceived difficulty of quitting and abstinence goal
Readiness to quit tobacco	3 and 6 months post baseline	Proportion of participants ready to quit smoking in the next month assessed at 3 and 6 months
Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%	3 and 6 months post baseline	Reduction will be assessed at 3 and 6 month follow-ups.
Tobacco use quit attempts	3 and 6 months post baseline	Whether a quit attempt was made during the follow-up period at 3 and 6 months post-baseline.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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