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Penn State TXT2STAYQUIT Study- a Texting Study to Help Hospitalized Smokers Stay Quit

NCT02986711 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 158

Last updated 2018-12-19

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Summary

This study aims to pilot a method of collecting the post-discharge follow-up data required by the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set, using text messages sent to and received from patients' cellular-telephones. It also aims to assess whether specially designed relapse prevention text messages designed to encourage abstinence from smoking, can increase the proportion of smokers who remain abstinent during the first month after discharge from hospital.

Conditions

  • Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Motivational Text Messages

Motivational text messages in addition to survey questions about smoking status

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Only survey questions about smoking status

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jonathan Foulds, PhD · Penn State College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-12-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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