NCT01885052

Evaluation of National Cancer Institute Young Adult Stop-Smoking Program

Completed Phase 2 Last updated 9 December 2019

What this trial tests

Phase 2 trial testing QuitTXT Study in Smoking in 4,432 participants. Completed in 28 May 2015.

Timeline

12 June 2013

Primary endpoint
12 October 2014

28 May 2015

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Phase	Phase 2
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	4,432
Start date	12 June 2013
Primary completion	12 October 2014
Estimated completion	28 May 2015
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• QuitTXT Study
• Low Contact

Conditions studied

• Smoking — all drugs for Smoking →
• Smoking Cessation — all drugs for Smoking Cessation →
• Cigarette Smoking — all drugs for Cigarette Smoking →
• Tobacco, Smoking — all drugs for Tobacco, Smoking →

Sponsor

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Who can join

Adults 18 to 29, any sex, with Smoking or Smoking Cessation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background:

\- Researchers want to see how well the QuitTXT text-message program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking. This is part of a larger online stop-smoking program by the National Cancer Institute. The QuitTXT program is a 2-week countdown to the smoker s quit date with 6 weeks of follow-up messages. Program participants will receive texts on their cell phones, including tips, information, and motivational messages, and then fill out surveys.

Objectives:

\- To study how well the QuitTXT program helps smokers ages 18 29 stop smoking.

Eligibility:

\- Adults ages 18 29 who have smoked on at least 5 of the past 30 days and who want to stop smoking in the next 30 days.

Design:

* Participants will receive a certain number of text messages during the 8-week study. They will receive between 0 to 5 messages per day (or up to a total of 130 messages).
* Participants will first fill out a survey about their smoking and quitting experiences. Then they will choose a date to quit smoking (a quit date ) between 2 and 3 weeks after this survey.
* Participants will take four other surveys online, one during the program and three more after they ve completed the program. Each survey will take about 10 20 minutes and asks about their smoking habits and views on smoking and quitting. Each survey will be sent by email, with reminders sent by email or telephone.
* Participants will receive an iTunes or Amazon gift card for completing each survey honestly.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. The SmokefreeTXT (SFTXT) Study: Web and Mobile Data Collection to Evaluate Smoking Cessation for Young Adults.
   Squiers L, Brown D, Parvanta S, Dolina S, et al · · 2016 · cited 10× · PMID 27349898 · DOI 10.2196/resprot.5653