Pragmatic Trial of Text Messages to Recruit Unassisted Smokers Into Quitline Service

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking Cessation Counselling

• Registration Number: NCT07102290
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

The goal of this pragmatic trial is to compare the effects of text messages on quitline enrollment by patients identified in electronic health records as unassisted smokers. The main question it aims to answer is:

Do messages offering free counseling or free nicotine patches by text increase quitline enrollment?

Researchers will compare if people receiving texts about free nicotine patches will have higher quitline enrollment than texts about free counseling.

Participants will receive a text message stratified by quitline language and click on the toll-free number to access quitline services.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-05-01
• Study Completion: 2022-08-31
• Status Verified: 2025-07
• Study First Submitted: 2025-07-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-07-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-07-28
• Study First Posted: 2025-08-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-08-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4171

Inclusion Criteria

Patient of Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, English or Spanish language, had cell phone, willing to receive text message, unassisted smoker (i.e., clinical visit in past 24 months with no documented advice or assistance to quit) -

Exclusion Criteria

Languages other than English or Spanish

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quitline enrollment	1 month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kick It California; 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States