San Francisco Stop Smoking App - Pilot Study

Completed

• Conditions: Recruitment
• Interventions: Behavioral: San Francisco Stop Smoking iPhone app

• Registration Number: NCT01626326
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

This is an initial pilot study to determine whether people will use a research version of an iPhone Stop Smoking app. The investigators primary measures will consist of rates of recruitment (that is, number of people installing the app), use of the app, and completion of follow-up surveys regarding self-reported smoking status. The investigators secondary measure will be obtained quit rates and number of cigarettes smoked before and after using the app.

To enter the study, participants must download the app from iTunes at:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/san-francisco-stop-smoking/id522832206?mt=8

Detailed Description

The investigators research team has developed smoking cessation self-help tools administered as printed brochures and Internet stop smoking sites. These self-help tools have demonstrated quit rates similar to those obtained with the nicotine patch. The investigators now want to see if mobile device apps might also help people quit.

This is the investigators first pilot study with a research version of the investigators stop smoking app for the iPhone. The investigators want to get estimates of how many people will download the app per month, how many will actually use the app, and how many will provide follow-up information on whether they quit, and if not, how many cigarettes they are smoking now. The investigators will use this information to plan a randomized controlled trial to determine efficacy of the app for stopping smoking.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-21
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-22
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2018-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-11-13
• Last Update Posted: 2018-11-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9935

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age or older
• Must download the iPhone app from iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/san-francisco-stop-smoking/id522832206?mt=8

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Exclusion Criteria

• less than 18 years of age

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stop smoking app	San Francisco Stop Smoking iPhone app	Stop smoking iPhone research app provided at no charge via the iTunes store

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recruitment rates	Three years	Rates of recruitment into study (defined as number of users who provide consent by installing the app)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Utilization	One year	Proportion of consented users who enter data into the app
Follow-up completion rates	One year	Proportion of consented users who provide smoking data at follow-ups
Quit rates	1, 3, and 6 months	Self-reported quit rates at 1, 3, and 6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UCSF Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States