An Extended Facebook Intervention for Young Sexual and Gender Minority Smokers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Smoking; Tobacco Use; Tobacco Dependence; Tobacco Use Disorder; Tobacco Use Cessation; Smoking, Tobacco; Tobacco Smoking; Smoking Cessation; Smoking, Cigarette

• Registration Number: NCT03553992
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Brief Summary

The 2-year research plan will test the Extended Put It Out Project (POP-6) in a pilot randomized trial (N=168) compared to TSP-6, as well as comparing POP-6 and TSP-6 to the POP-3 and TSP-3 interventions from a previously-conducted trial. Participants will be young adults who smoke, identify as sexual or gender minorities (SGM), and use Facebook. Primary outcome will be biochemically verified 7-day abstinence from smoking at 3 and 6 months. Secondary outcomes will be a quit attempt (y/n), stage of change, and thoughts about tobacco abstinence at 3 and 6 months.

Detailed Description

Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions: (1) a 6-month Facebook-delivered intervention addressing tobacco use, tailored to SGM young adults; or (2) a 6-month Facebook intervention targeting tobacco use. Both interventions will include 180 days of Facebook-based messages and activities tailored to participants' readiness to quit smoking.

Assessments will occur at baseline, 3, and 6 months follow-up. Assessments will include measures on smoking, thoughts about abstinence, and SGM identity experiences. All participants who report no past 7-day smoking will be asked to give biochemical verification of smoking status with saliva nicotine test kits that will be mailed to participants.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-05-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-30
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-12
• Study Start: 2018-10-29
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-07
• Study Completion: 2019-07-07
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-19

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 173

Inclusion Criteria

• read English
• between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• identifies as SGM
• lives in California

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Exclusion Criteria

• do not read English
• are not between 18 and 25 years of age
• indicate they do not use Facebook "most" (≥ 4) days per week
• have not smoked ≥100 cigarettes in their lives and currently smoke at least 1 cigarette per day on 4 or more days of the week
• does not identify as SGM
• does not live in California

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 6 months	6 months post baseline	Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 6 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.
7-day point prevalence abstinence at 3 months	3 months post baseline	Reports of no smoking in the 7 days prior to the 3 month assessment. Biochemical verification of abstinence will also be recorded.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction in cigarettes smoked by at least 50%	3 and 6 months post baseline	Reduction will be assessed at 3 and 6 month follow-ups
Tobacco use quit attempts	3 and 6 months post baseline	A Smoking Questionnaire will assess the presence and number of 24 hr quit attempts since the last assessment, used to calculate presence of at least one quit attempt (y/n) in the assessment time period. This questionnaire has good internal consistency and construct validity, and is routinely used in smoking treatment research.
Readiness to quit tobacco	3 and 6 months post baseline	Proportion of participants ready to quit smoking in the next month assessed at 3 and 6 months.
Thoughts About Tobacco Abstinence	3 and 6 months post baseline	The 4-item Thoughts About Abstinence Form, will measure thoughts about abstinence (desire to quit, abstinence self-efficacy, and perceived difficulty of quitting) on a scale from 1 ("least") to 10("most"), and abstinence goal as no goal, intermediary goal (e.g., reduced smoking), or total abstinence.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry; 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States