Innovative Smartphone Application of a New Behavioral Method to Quit Smoking: Pilot Trial (Smart Quit)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking
• Interventions: Behavioral: CBT; Behavioral: ACT

• Registration Number: NCT01812070
• Lead Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Brief Summary

This innovative study will compare a newly developed smartphone application for Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to a smartphone application for traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

Detailed Description

The study matches these National Cancer Institute (NCI) research funding priorities: (1) increasing the dissemination of smoking cessation treatments and (2) new treatment approaches to boost the effectiveness of cessation interventions.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-15
• Primary Completion: 2013-08
• Study Completion: 2013-08
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 196

Inclusion Criteria

• age 18 or older
• smokes at least five cigarettes daily for at least past 12 months
• wants to quit in the next 30 days
• interested in learning skills to quit smoking
• willing to be randomly assigned to either smartphone application
• resides in US
• has at least daily access to their own personal Apple iPhone 4, 4s, or 5
• knows how to login and download a smartphone application from Apple's "App Store" Store
• willing and able to read in English
• not participating in other smoking cessation interventions (including our other intervention studies)
• has never used the NCI's Quit Guide smartphone application.]
• willing to complete one follow-up survey
• provide email, phone, and mailing address.

Exclusion Criteria

• The exclusion criteria are the opposite of the inclusion criteria above.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CBT	CBT	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
ACT	ACT	Acceptance \& Commitment Therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
7-day and 24-hour point prevalence quit rates	2 months post randomization

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States