Clinical trial NCT01983150: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Test the Effect of a Smartphone Quit Smoking Intervention on Young Adult Smokers
Official title: Effect of a Smartphone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cigarette Smoking
Keywords: Population Health
Smoking cessation
Young adults
Cancer prevention
Tobacco control strategies
Behaviour modification
Social Media
Smartphone technology
Lead sponsor: University of Waterloo
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-11-13
Enrollment: 1601
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 19
Maximum age (years): 29
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The primary aim of this study will be to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone delivered app for young adult smokers on quitting smoking.

Detailed description: The principle study purpose of the randomized controlled trial is to determine the effectiveness of a smartphone delivered app for young adult smokers on smoking cessation at six months using a randomized controlled trial. Secondary aims of this study include examining: 1) proximal outcome measures of cessation behaviour; 2) satisfaction, extent of app use and use of NRT and other cessation services; 3) mediators of cessation outcomes between conditions; and 4) the incremental cost-effectiveness.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 19 to 29 years
* Currently smoking cigarettes daily or occasionally
* Residing in Canada
* Considering quitting smoking in the next 30 days
* Have an Android or iPhone OS smartphone
* Able to provide informed consent
* English comprehension
* Not referred by a study participant

Exclusion Criteria:

- opposite of the above

Primary outcomes:
measure: 30 day point prevalence of abstinence
timeFrame: 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 7-day abstinence
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Number of quit attempts
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Consumption of cigarettes
timeFrame: Baseline and at 6 months
measure: Satisfaction and App Utilization
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Psychosocial measures
timeFrame: Baseline and at 6 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Waterloo
country: Canada
facility: University of Waterloo
state: Ontario
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Waterloo
name: Neill B Baskerville, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Baskerville NB, Struik LL, Guindon GE, Norman CD, Whittaker R, Burns C, Hammond D, Dash D, Brown KS. Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Oct 23;6(10):e10893. doi: 10.2196/10893.
citation: Baskerville NB, Struik LL, Dash D. Crush the Crave: Development and Formative Evaluation of a Smartphone App for Smoking Cessation. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018 Mar 2;6(3):e52. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.9011.
citation: Baskerville NB, Struik LL, Hammond D, Guindon GE, Norman CD, Whittaker R, Burns CM, Grindrod KA, Brown KS. Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young adult population of smokers: randomized controlled trial study protocol. JMIR Res Protoc. 2015 Jan 19;4(1):e10. doi: 10.2196/resprot.3823.