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Examining a Text Message Intervention for Smoking Cessation

NCT01166464 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2014-02-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary goal of this study is to use qualitative interviews and focus groups to aid us in adapting a face-to-face smoking cessation intervention for delivery through text messaging. After design is completed, the intervention will be pilot tested with a sample of young adults (ages 18-35) who smoke. Final assessments will be conducted at 7 weeks (end of treatment) and both 3 and 6 month follow up.

Conditions

  • Tobacco Use Disorder
  • Nicotine Dependence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

text messaging for smoking cessation

A 7-week program of daily text messages

BEHAVIORAL

Generic text messages

non-smoking related text messages will be given on the same daily schedule as matches the active intervention to establish a control for contact time.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Live Inspired, LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • The Miriam Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Beth C Bock, PhD · The Miriam Hospital, Brown Medical School

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-04-30
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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