A Smoking Prevention Program (ASPIRE) and Mentoring for Preventing Smoking Among High School Youths

Early Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy Subject
• Interventions: Behavioral: Preventive Intervention; Behavioral: Questionnaire Administration

• Registration Number: NCT04803682
• Lead Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This early phase I trial studies how well A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience (ASPIRE) program and mentorship works in preventing smoking in high school students. ASPIRE is an online-based, youth-centered tobacco prevention and cessation program. The goal of this research study is to learn if training eleventh grade high school students to be tobacco-free role models and mentors for ninth grade high school students is possible and will positively influence the younger peers.

Detailed Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To evaluate the feasibility of training selected eleventh grade high school student volunteers to provide an intervention involving mentoring combined with social support activities.

II. To increase ninth grade high school student well-being, which would ultimately influence tobacco related knowledge and resistance skills regarding tobacco uptake among ninth grade high school program participants.

EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES:

I. Mentor ability, confidence, and intention (ACI) to address tobacco use and dependence and providing anti-tobacco advice to mentees.

II. To determine the scores on mentoring competencies. III. To determine the influences of social support and self-esteem by mentors. IV. To determine the quality and satisfaction with the relationships among mentors and mentees.

V. To determine level of knowledge about nicotine and tobacco products among mentees.

VI. To determine susceptibility to tobacco use among non-smokers. VII. To determine progression through stages of change among smokers.

OUTLINE:

Participants complete online ASPIRE course over 3.5-4 hours.

HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS: Eleventh grade high school students receive mentor training over 4-5 hours on how to mentor ninth grade students.

ALL STUDENTS: Mentors and mentees are paired up so that eleventh grade high school students mentor the ninth grade high school students over 30 minutes for 7 sessions about the different types of tobacco products (such as cigarettes, cigars, hookah, and so on) and the dangers of these products.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-08
• Study First Submitted: 2019-05-09
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-16
• Study Completion: 2021-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-18
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 94

Inclusion Criteria

• Ages 13-18
• Enrolled in grades nine or eleven
• Speaks and understands English
• Parent or legally authorized guardian (LAR) provide written consent for study participation
• Student provides written assent for study participation

Exclusion Criteria

• Unable to speak and understand English
• Lives in the same household with another participant in the study

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Prevention (ASPIRE, mentorship)	Questionnaire Administration	Participants complete online ASPIRE course over 3.5-4 hours. HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS: Eleventh grade high school students receive mentor training over 4-5 hours on how to mentor ninth grade students. ALL STUDENTS: Mentors and mentees are paired up so that eleventh grade high school students mentor the ninth grade high school students over 30 minutes for 7 sessions about the different types of tobacco products (such as cigarettes, cigars, hookah, and so on) and the dangers of these products.
Prevention (ASPIRE, mentorship)	Preventive Intervention	Participants complete online ASPIRE course over 3.5-4 hours. HIGH SCHOOL MENTORS: Eleventh grade high school students receive mentor training over 4-5 hours on how to mentor ninth grade students. ALL STUDENTS: Mentors and mentees are paired up so that eleventh grade high school students mentor the ninth grade high school students over 30 minutes for 7 sessions about the different types of tobacco products (such as cigarettes, cigars, hookah, and so on) and the dangers of these products.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Required number of participants should be 40 mentors and 100 mentees	3 years	At least 40 mentors and 100 mentees.
Number of participants required to complete baseline and post-intervention assessments should be 35 mentors and 80 mentees	3 years	At least 80% completion rates.
All participants are required to attend at least 5 of 7 sessions of mentor to mentees interactions	3 years	At least 5 of 7 sessions of mentor/mentee interactions
Participants with the ability to provide the level of satisfaction with the program	3 years	Training program for mentors and overall program satisfaction. Seventeen-item rating scale (1 = not skilled at all to 7 = extremely skilled) about facets of mentoring.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Tobacco related knowledge among mentees	3 years	Assessed by comparing pre and post intervention scores. Three-item rating scale (0 = no ability/confidence/intention to 4 = high ability, confidence, and intention) Nineteen-item scale measuring quality of mentor to mentee relationship. Four point Likert scale (1 = not true at all to 4 = very true) Twenty-five item scale. Multiple choice questions to measure tobacco and nicotine product knowledge developed by ASPIRE study team

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States