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Vape-Free Text-Messaging: Pilot Study

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
E-cigarette Use
Interventions
Behavioral: Standard care control using standard national resources
Behavioral: E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention
Registration Number
NCT05906082
Lead Sponsor
Seok Hyun Gwon
Brief Summary

This is a small pilot randomized controlled trial to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of the e-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention with young adults in rural areas.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • English speaking
  • 18-24 years
  • everyday e-cigarette use in the past month
  • ownership of a mobile phone or smartphone with texting and internet access abilities
  • knowledge of how to use text messages
  • plan on quitting e-cigarette use within one month
  • home address in a rural county of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota
Exclusion Criteria
  • Individuals who reported use of other tobacco products (e.g., cigarettes, smokeless tobacco) than e-cigarettes in the past month

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard care (Standard care control using standard national resources)Standard care control using standard national resourcesThis standard care group will receive standard care resources from smokefree.gov.
Intervention (E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention)E-cigarette cessation text-messaging intervention-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of participants recruited and randomizedThroughout 12 months

Number of participants recruited and randomized

Retention rates (proportion of participants remained until 1 month post-intervention from enrollment)At 1 month

Proportion of participants from enrollment to 1 month post-intervention or standard-care

Self-reported proportion of text messages readAt 1 month

Proportion of text messages read during the intervention or standard care at 1 month

Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returnedAt 1 month

Proportion of salivary cotinine samples returned to the office lab for cotinine analysis

Concentration of cotinine in salivaAt 1 month

Biochemically verified abstinence evaluated by salivary cotinine samples

Nicotine dependence (Penn State Electronic Cigarette Dependence Index)At 1 month

Nicotine dependence (minimum 0 to maximum 20, higher scores mean a worse outcome.)

Level of acceptability of the interventionAt 1 month

1. When you had received our text messages from our VapeFreeTXT program 1 month ago, how many of our text messages did you read on a typical day? Not at all (1) Read about 25% messages (2) Read about half messages (3) Read about 75% messages (4) Read the entire messages (5)

2. How useful was our VapeFreeTXT program in helping you quit vaping? Not at all useful (1) Slightly useful (2) Moderately useful (3) Very useful (4) Extremely useful (5)

3. Did our VapeFreeTXT program make you think about quitting vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)

4. Do you think our VapeFreeTXT program will change your vaping? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)

5. Would you recommend this program to a friend or others? Not at all (1) Probably not (2) Neither yes nor no (3) Probably yes (4) Definitely yes (5)

Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobaccoAt 1 month

Self-reported 7-days point prevalence abstinence from ENDS and other tobacco

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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