Establishing the Effectiveness of Publicly Available Smoking Cessation Resource

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation
• Interventions: Behavioral: SmokefreeTXT

• Registration Number: NCT05055778
• Lead Sponsor: University of Virginia

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of SmokefreeTXT, a smoking cessation text messaging program currently available to anyone in the United States through www.smokefree.gov, and to compare cessation outcomes for smokers living in different regions of Virginia while participants use the program. Participants will be asked to complete assessments at Baseline, 7 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months and will be asked to use a research version of SmokefreeTXT.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-08-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-09-14
• Study First Posted: 2021-09-24
• Study Start: 2021-11-03
• Primary Completion: 2024-02-06
• Study Completion: 2024-02-06
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Results First Submitted: 2025-02-03
• Results First Submitted QC: 2025-02-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-03
• Results First Posted: 2025-03-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 18 and over
• Current cigarette smoker (has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and currently smokes)
• Ability to read and speak English
• Resident of Virginia
• Owns a cell phone

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a current smoker (e.g., started a quit attempt between providing interest information and starting the study)
• Identity not able to be verified from information provided on interest form
• Does not own a cell phone
• Pregnant smoker or may become pregnant in the next 6 months
• Lives in an area that has met recruitment criteria (after recruitment has begun)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SmokfreeTXT	SmokefreeTXT	Research version of the publicly available SmokefreeTXT program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported Smoking Cessation	3 months	7-day point prevalence of abstinence (Question wording: Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days? Response options: Yes; No)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported Continuous Abstinence	6 months	Continuous abstinence 6 months after initiating the quit attempt (Question wording: In the last 6 months, have you smoked at all? Response options: Yes; No; Not sure)
Self-reported Smoking Cessation	6 months	7-day point prevalence of abstinence (Question wording: Have you smoked a cigarette (even a puff) in the past 7 days? Response options: Yes; No)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Virginia; 🇺🇸 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States