Text Messaging for Smoking Cessation in College Health Clinics

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cigarette Smoking
• Interventions: Behavioral: Smoking counseling; Behavioral: Text messaging; Drug: Nicotine patch

• Registration Number: NCT02191033
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This study is a randomized-controlled clinical trial which evaluates the efficacy of physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy and a 6-week course of text messaging in promoting cigarette smoking in smokers enrolled in college.

The primary hypothesis is that smokers receiving physician brief advice, nicotine replacement therapy, and text messaging will have higher quit rates that smokers receiving physician brief advice and nicotine replacement therapy alone.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-07-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-15
• Study Start: 2015-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-05
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Results First Submitted: 2017-04-27
• Results First Submitted QC: 2017-04-27
• Results First Posted: 2017-06-01
• Status Verified: 2020-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-03-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged 18 through 24 years
• Enrolled as a full/part time college student
• A current smoker (Have smoked more than 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or some days)
• English-speaking
• Interested in quitting
• Have a cell phone for personal use with an unlimited text messaging plan.

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Exclusion Criteria

• History of hypersensitivity/allergy to nicotine patch;
• Serious arrhythmias - History of heart disease (myocardial infarction, severe chest pain, or coronary artery disease)
• Current pregnancy/breastfeeding/plan for pregnancy

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard of care	Smoking counseling	Smoking counseling, nicotine patch
Text messaging	Smoking counseling	Smoking counseling, nicotine patch, text messaging
Text messaging	Text messaging	Smoking counseling, nicotine patch, text messaging
Text messaging	Nicotine patch	Smoking counseling, nicotine patch, text messaging
Standard of care	Nicotine patch	Smoking counseling, nicotine patch

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Study Enrollment- Number of Participants Who Join the Study	baseline	We will report the number of persons who join the study.
Study Retention- Number of Participants Who Attend the 6- and 12-week Follow up Visits.	6- and 12- weeks	We will determine the number of enrolled participants who follow up at the 6- and 12- week follow up visit.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Smoking Abstinence	6- and 12- weeks	biochemically confirmed point prevalence of self reported past 7-day abstinence

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Southern Connecticut State University; 🇺🇸 New Haven, Connecticut, United States