Smokefree.Gov Website in Helping United States Federal Employees Quit Smoking

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

• Registration Number: NCT00245076
• Lead Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Stop-smoking information on the smokefree.gov website may help people quit smoking and remain a nonsmoker.

PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how well the smokefree.gov website works with an electronic bulletin board in helping United States federal employees quit smoking.

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES:

* Determine the perception of utility of the current, publicly accessible version of the smokefree.gov website and the addition of an electronic bulletin board and its features, including open-ended comments, in promoting smoking cessation among United States federal employees who are currently smokers.

* Determine the use of this tool, in terms of average length of time spent on the website, number of page clicks, most popular page clicks, and key interest areas, among these participants.

* Determine the changes in smoking habits, in terms of smoking reduction and short- and long-term abstinence, among these participants.

OUTLINE: This is an open-label study.

Participants are encouraged to use the smokefree.gov website as frequently as needed for support and resources while trying to quit smoking and become, and remain, nonsmokers. Participants are invited to provide feedback on the usefulness of self-help guidelines and several other tools. Participants complete questionnaires evaluating the website at study entry and at 1, 3, and 6 months after study entry.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 4,200 participants will be accrued for this study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-04
• Study First Submitted: 2005-10-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-10-25
• Study First Posted: 2005-10-27
• Status Verified: 2006-04
• Study Completion: 2007-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-30
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Abstinence for 7 consecutive days and 24 hours at 1, 3, and 6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visits to the website after registration at 1, 3, and 6 months
Satisfaction with the website at 1, 3, and 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tobacco Control Research Branch; 🇺🇸 Rockville, Maryland, United States