SmokefreeSGM, Piloting a Text-based Smoking Cessation Program for SGM Groups

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to pretest the design of a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals.

Official Title
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SmokefreeSGM, Piloting a Text-based Smoking Cessation Program for Sexual and Gender Minority Groups

Conditions
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Smoking Cessation

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: SmokefreeSGM


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Smoke five or more cigarettes per day, has smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and smokes everyday Have an interest in quitting smoking in the next 15 days Have a cellphone number with an unlimited short messaging service (SMS) plan Have US mailing and email addresses Positive cotinine saliva test results Exclusion Criteria: Individuals who are found to have a prepaid cell phone Individuals who are found to have a cellphone number that does not work or is registered to someone else Pregnant or breastfeeding women Contraindication for nicotine patch Regular use of tobacco products other than cigarettes Current use of tobacco cessation medications Enrolled in another smoking cessation study Non-English speakers Having inadequate equipment/device (webcam, speakers, mic) for participating in telehealth sessions

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Beta testing group<br> | Behavioral: SmokefreeSGM<br>* Participants will have access to a text-based smoking cessation program tailored to sexual minority individuals (SmokefreeSGM). The text-based program will be beta-tested by these participants for a period of 2 weeks before and 10 weeks after their quit date. Messages originated from the text-based smoking cessation program will be sent by a fictitious quit coach who will offer evidence-based advice on quitting smoking based on real-life experiences of sexual minority individuals.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Perceived usability as assessed by the System Usability Scale (SUS) | Participants will rank each of the 10 questions for usability from 1 to 5, based on their level of agreement (1 for Strongly Disagree to 5 for Strongly Agree). After computing the usability score, we will convert it to percentile ranks. A percentile rank of 75% will indicate that the text-based smoking cessation program has a high perceived usability. | 1 month after quit date | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Engagement as assessed by the Number of text messages sent and received by study participants after enrollment. |  | 1 month after enrollment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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LGBTQI