Innovative Smartphone Application of a New Behavioral Method to Quit Smoking: Pilot Randomized Trial

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center1 site in 1 country196 target enrollmentMarch 2013

ConditionsSmoking

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Smoking
Sponsor: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Enrollment: 196
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: 7-day and 24-hour point prevalence quit rates
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 11 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

March 2013

End Date

August 2013

Last Updated

11 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Responsible Party

Sponsor

Eligibility Criteria

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)