An Interactive Smartphone Application to Motivate Smokers to Quit

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation; Smoking Behaviors

• Registration Number: NCT05799625
• Lead Sponsor: Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation

Brief Summary

Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking.

Detailed Description

Prospective, randomized, single-blinded, blinded-endpoint trial to determine the impact of a smartphone application-based program to motivate smokers to increase readiness to quit, make quit attempts, and quit smoking. The intervention has been designed based by a team of scientist, taking principles of change behaviour into consideration. The application incorporates daily reminders, gamification, and models of habit formation to engage users. It will support participants to reflect on their smoking in a holistic manner through questions and activities.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-03-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2023-04-05
• Study Start: 2024-03-12
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-19
• Primary Completion: 2025-11
• Study Completion: 2026-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 382

Inclusion Criteria

• 18 years of age or older.
• Living in Ontario, Canada.
• Current smoker who indicates they are not interested in quitting within the next 30-days.
• Have access to and regularly use a smartphone with internet access.
• Read, write, speaks English or French.
• Available and willing to participate in follow-up assessments over the next 6 months.
• Able to provide consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Planning on quitting smoking within the next 30-days.
• Cognitively impaired or experiencing acute psychiatric illness that would alter their ability to participate.
• Institutionalized at a retirement home, nursing home or long-term care facility.
• Has morbid illness which will prevent completion of 6-month follow-up (e.g., receiving palliative care).
• Participating in another smoking cessation program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-reported readiness to quit	Day 195	Collected via survey
Having made a quit attempt	Day 195	Collected via survey
Rate of smoking cessation	Day 195 for participants who report smoking cessation	Biochemically verified using an expired carbon monoxide (CO) test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Use of behavioural supports (e.g. counselling, quit lines)	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey
Number of participants that made a quit attempt	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey
Point prevalence abstinence	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey
Use of cessation medication and/or e-cigarettes	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey
Satisfaction and perceived program barriers and facilitators will be assessed for patients in the intervention group	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey
Change in smoking	Day 14, 45, 195	Collected via survey

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute; 🇨🇦 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada