Online Lapse Management Intervention

Summary

The purpose of the trial is to test the adjunctive effect of adding a lapse management system to a best practices web- and mobile smoking cessation program.

Conditions

• Nicotine Dependence, Cigarettes

Interventions

OTHER

Endre: a digital smoking cessation counsellor

A comprehensive 25-session intervention delivered by web, e-mail and SMS-text messages. Sessions are released one each day for 18 days, and then every second day for 14 days. Intervention content is tailored based on user input and individual usage pattern. The intervention is described in detail in Holter, Johansen \& Brendryen (2016). How a fully automated eHealth program simulates three therapeutic processes: A case study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 18 (6).

OTHER

Lapse management system triggered from web-page

The lapse management system is based on a day-to-day logging of the target behavior (smoking). This logging goes on for four weeks after an initial quit attempt. The current version of the system logs by asking the participant about their smoking status every time they log on to "Endre" (the digital smoking cessation counsellor). Participants that report a lapse is routed to a fully automated counselling session delivered by web.

OTHER

Lapse management system triggered by SMS-textmessage

The lapse management system is based on a day-to-day logging of the target behavior (smoking). This logging goes on for four weeks after an initial quit attempt. The current version of the system logs by asking the participant about their smoking status in a textmessage (SMS) sent each evening. Participants that report a lapse, receives a new SMS with a link to a fully automated counselling session delivered by web.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Research Council of Norway

  collaborator OTHER

• Charles University, Czech Republic

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Oslo

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Håvar Brendryen, PhD · University of Oslo

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-09-12

Primary Completion

2022-10-01

Completion

2022-10-01

Countries

• Czechia
• Norway

Study Locations