A Digital Intervention (ACT on Vaping App) for Vaping Cessation in Young Adult E-Cigarette Users

Summary

This clinical trial evaluates a smartphone application (app) called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Vaping for helping young adults quit using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). E-cigarettes pose numerous risks, particularly to youth and young adults. Addressing the high prevalence of e-cigarette use by young adults requires effective and accessible treatments to support current users to quit. Research shows this group prefers and benefits from newer methods of treatment delivery such as digital interventions. ACT on Vaping is a digital therapeutic intended to deliver behavioral therapy to young adults who vape to motivate and support abstinence from all nicotine and tobacco products. The app contains sessions that promote awareness of cues that trigger tobacco use and teach skills for responding to these triggers in a way that is tailored for the participant's readiness to quit. Receiving access to the ACT on Vaping app may be effective in helping young adults quit vaping.

Conditions

• Nicotine Dependence
• Tobacco-Related Carcinoma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Smartphone app

Receive access to the ACT on Vaping app

BEHAVIORAL

Smartphone app

Receive access to the ACT on Vaping app

OTHER

Text Message

Receive incentivized text messages to access vaping status

OTHER

Text Message

Receive intervention text messages

OTHER

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Jaimee Heffner, PhD · Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

30 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2026-06-15

Primary Completion

2027-11-15

Completion

2027-11-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations