Evaluation of the Be Vape Free Curriculum of the Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

Not Applicable

• Conditions: E-cigarette Use
• Interventions: Behavioral: Stanford Vaping Prevention curriculum

• Registration Number: NCT05493982
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

The Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit is a free online curriculum developed for use by educators and health professionals in providing tobacco-specific prevention education to middle and high school students. A set of lessons focused on e-cigarette/vaping prevention education specifically is called the Be Vape Free curriculum. The aims of this study are to determine: (1) whether the Be Vape Free curriculum is effective in increasing middle and high school students' resistance to using tobacco and in decreasing positive attitudes towards and intentions to use e-cigarettes; (2) whether the Curriculum is effective in changing middle and high school students' actual use of tobacco; and (3) Examine heterogenous treatment effects identifying groups that benefit the most and those who do not benefit at all from the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-09
• Study Start: 2022-10-19
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-12
• Primary Completion: 2025-05-30
• Study Completion: 2026-05-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10800

Inclusion Criteria

Middle school and high school students receiving health education at schools participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Receives Stanford vaping prevention curriculum (randomized phase)	Stanford Vaping Prevention curriculum	Stanford vaping prevention curriculum is administered.
Receives Stanford vaping prevention curriculum (pilot phase)	Stanford Vaping Prevention curriculum	Stanford vaping prevention curriculum is administered as pilot arm preceding main experimental intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in e-cigarette use	Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 156 weeks	Investigator-originated survey measures (questions) assess ever e-cigarette use \& past 30-day tobacco use. This outcome measure assesses e-cigarette use.
Change in intention to use of e-cigarettes scaled score as measured by investigator-originated survey	Change from baseline to follow-up at approximately 156 weeks	This survey measures change in intention to use e-cigarettes with questions related to the participant's knowledge of and resistance to use of e-cigarettes.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University; 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States